419 scam: "Economic and Financial Crimes Commission" <efcc@notspam.com> NIGERIA INVESTIGATION BUREAU.

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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:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "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. )
- "economic and financial crimes 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. )
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348110266362

Fraud email example:

From: "Economic and Financial Crimes Commission" <efcc@notspam.com>
Reply-To: efccagent98@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:43:00 +0800
Subject: NIGERIA INVESTIGATION BUREAU.

FROM CHIEF DR.LANCE CORD(CHAIRMAN)
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
NIGERIA INVESTIGATION BUREAU
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.
WEBSITE: www.efcc.com
Motto: No Body is Above the LAW
(BE CAREFUL OF THE HOODLUMS / SCAMMERS)

ATTENTION: ,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your email to this office regarding the
registration of your online Banking for deposition of your Compensated Fund of
US$10.2 million Dollars from the Economic and Financial Crime Commission
recovery fund Department.

I am CHIEF DR.LANCE CORD, the Account Processing officer, in charge for the
Processing of your Online Banking Account, where you will be given the full
access and login information to your Account and access your fund that will be
deposited in your online Banking Account.

Note: This compensation fund was endorsed by the United States Government and
the United Nations in conjunction with the ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME
COMMISSION (EFCC). This means that your safety is fully guaranteed. This
compensation is a recovered payment that was allocated by the United Nation
Anti-Fraud Unit, in conjunction with the United States Government that EFCC
should pay all scam victims a compensation of $10.2 million Dollars through an
online banking payment method

On this regard, the United States Government and the United Nations in
conjunction with the ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) has held
several closed door meeting concerning the eradication of these scam artist
and fraudster.After several investigations, we have been able to track down
some of this scam artist and fraudster, of which we have also recovered back
more than half a billion united states dollars.

Your name was included among those lucky affected beneficiaries who are to
receive a compensation amount of $10.2 Million through an Online Banking
Transfer, where you will be given the full access and login to access your
fund and make transfer personally to your private Bank Account installment at
maximum rate of US$500.000.00 on each transfer daily, until the total amount
of your compensated fund of $10.2 million Dollars is completely transferred
and paid to you as the compensated beneficiary of the stated fund.

Further to this, i want you to know that before we can proceed to the
registration of your Online Banking Account, there is a refundable charges
required for activation of your Account before the total amount of your fund
can be fully deposited for transfer. The required charges will be deposited in
your Online Banking Account as a first deposit to activate your Account and it
will be added to your total fund as soon as the full deposition of your fund
made to your Online Banking Account.

The required charges is the only requirement that is NEEDED for the processing
and full registration INCLUDING ENDORSEMENT of your online Banking Account and
Before we proceed, I will need you to reconfirm the below information for
proper release and endorsement of your fund immediately just to make sure we
have the complete and rightful information of yours as beneficiary to avoid
any atom of mistake during Administrative processing of your Online Banking
Account,

YOUR FULL NAMES:
HOME ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
POSITION HELD:
HOME TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
DIRECT CELL NUMBERS:
A SCAN COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY:

If you are still dealing with any of this scam artist and fraudster, you are
advised to stop every communication with them, otherwise you will be held
responsible for your misfortunes. It is very obvious you have been dealing
with imposters who claim they are barristers, bank officials, Lottery Agents
who has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds
which do not exist.

The ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) uses this opportunity to
apologize to all beneficiaries who have been victim of different scam coming
in from West Africa countries.
I look forward to hear from you with the requirement needed to proceed
accordingly.

Feel much free to contact me at: Tel: +234-81-10266362 if there is any further
clearance needed.

We Anticipated your kind co-operation.

With Warm Regards.

Yours Sincerely
EFCC Executive Chairman, Chief Lance Cord)
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

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