419 scam: "Agent P. Mcfeely"<tumaykorkmaz@medmermer.net> Federal Bureau Of Investigation

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "processing fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Agent P. Mcfeely" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dcybercrimes@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:47:34 +0100
Subject: Federal Bureau Of Investigation

Federal Bureau Of Investigation

Cybercrimes Department

Washington D.c

Attention:

This is to inform you that I (Agent P. Mcfeely) came to Africa last week from United States, after series of complaint from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, South America and the United States of America respectively, against the some African Nations for the high volume of fraudulent activities going on in these nations.

Right now the united nation Secretary (Ban-ki Moon) has confirmed that the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has retrieved a total sum of $44 million USD from the fraudsters and internet criminals in the last two years. It seems to us that the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Top officials are fond of diverting this funds for their personal use.

The UN Secretary (Ban-ki Moon) as however ordered the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC ) to make use of the retrieved money to compensate victims of this fraudulent acts.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has investigated the issues and retrieve some vital informations from a source that contain emails of some the victims, so we decided to contact them so as for them to get their compensation and not let the so called Top officials in Nigeria to turn the money into personal use.

Now all you have to do is fill and complete the compensation form attached to this email and after sending the form back, it will take 5 working days to process your request then you will get an email from us on how you want to receive your compensation.

Note: Please ignore anyone asking you for an outrageous fee to get your compensation sent to you, the only fee you need to pay is processing fee $85 USD and nothing more .

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