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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Ibrahim Lamorde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <efccnigeriia1266@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:09:03 -0800
Subject: Re-issuance of a new ATM SWIFT VISA CARD

Attn: Honorable Beneficiary,

On behalf of my commission, The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), the body is hereby regrettably to inform you via this medium that after the long and awaited investigations that were carried out as part of the after dispatched process of tracking and monitoring process of consignment under it's control, the organization came to discover that the data that was sent to it, of which made the commission to believed that it was acting on the rightful direction of dispatching your consignment to the address that was furnished to it, the monitor ring process and watch light as carried out has revealed and shown that the commission mistaking gave out your consignment to an impersonated identity. The commission is hereby tendering an unreserved apology to you, through this medium as you read this message.

The commission is also happy to inform you that a joint search and arrest warrant has been issued out to the US Interpol and FBI, in conjunction with the Nigerian security authority SSS and the commission EFCC, the commission strongly hopes to apprehend and bring the culprit to justice in no distance time

The under listed information and data was what was tendered by the impersonator Mr. Andrew Robinson



Name: Mr. Andrew Robinson
Address: 10053 NW US Highway 441Alachua, Florida U.S.A.
Sex: Male
Age: 54
Bank Name: Merchant bank U.S.A.
Account No: 400600-138509
Swift Code: 8420-93630
Routing No: US15 4006 0010 0385M09
Account holder name: Andrew Robinson

Please the commission therefore advised you to change or furnished to it another or a new email ID, that it can better trust and reopen up a new communication after now, as it's investigation has further shown that your current email box may have been likely be hacked or tempered with, as information passing through it are no longer safe or secured, which is the reason why our commission so advised.

The commission further understands that what gave room to the activities of the hikers, impostors and impersonators is because of much delay in the process of conclusion and delivery process. You are therefore directed to write to the commission after reading this message within 48hours, and conclude all procedures within 7 days, so as to serve you better, and protect the integrity and safety ness of your consignment, the chips, expiration date and the Pin Code of your ATM CARD.

As you do comply to above directives, please help the commission to able to reconfirmed and re verify your data as with it, as it further seek you to resubmit to it your personal data, as requested below


1. Full Names:..............
2. Located Address:.........
3: Nationality:.............
4: Country of residence/state…….
5: Personal ID i.e. Diver's license, passport & national ID.
6: sex......
7: Age......
8: Marital status...........
9: Occupations..............
10: Phone Number:...........
11: new email ID............

After that has been completed by you, a new ATM SWIFT VISA CARD as in the same value of ($5,450,000.00 USD) Five million, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and just as has been re-approved by the federal government of Nigeria (FGN) for the re-issuance to you, and which shall be release to you by Zenith Bank Plc, the bank where your Fund id currently domiciled and fund release bank, expiration date and the Pin Code may be different unlike the pervious. The commission is therefore once again tendering its unreserved apology for such avoidable and wonton mistake on its part through this medium, in anticipation for your immediate and expeditious response, as we continue to serve and protect your interest always.

Best regards

Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde
(Head Public Affairs Division EFCC)

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