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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 Mustafa Magu<efcc@info.com>
Reply-To: efccmarkkelvin@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:14:48 -0300
Subject: REGISTRATION OF YOUR ONLINE BANK ACCOUNT


FROM OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION. CHIE=
F DR. IBRAHIM MUSTAFA MAGU(CHAIRMAN) NIGERIA INVESTIGATION BUREAU 14A AWOLO=
WO LANE, IKOYI LAGOS NIGERIA. WEBSITE: www.efcc.com Motto: No Body is Above=
the LAW (THE EAGLE) (BE CAREFUL OF THE HOODLUMS / SCAMMERS) I am Mr. Ibrah=
im Mustafa Magu the chairman of ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC=
), EFCC in alliance with economic community of West African states (ECOWAS)=
with head Office here in Nigeria, We have been working towards the eradica=
tion of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western part of Africa With the help=
of United States Government and the United Nations. We have been able to t=
rack down so many of this scam in various parts of the West Africa countrie=
s which includes ( REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA, CAMEROUN, NIGERIA , MALI=
AND SENEGAL, ) and they are all in our custody here in Lagos Nigeria. The =
Anti-corruption war is taken a turn as the past chairman of the commission'=
s Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde a police officer, was removed as EFCC chairman on Nov=
ember 9, 2015 four years after he took over as head of the anti-graft agenc=
y and is under investigation for alleged diversion of N1 trillion and charg=
e to court on the 17th November 2015 in a supreme court in Abuja, you can a=
lso follow the link for more informations. http://www.blueprint.ng/2015/11/=
10/sacked-lamorde-faces-arrest/ The EFCC as an agency that is founded on tr=
ansparency is not afraid of any =93probe=94 or request for information rega=
rding its activities by individuals, groups or organs of government; so far=
as such requests followed due process of law. The EFCC under Lamorde did n=
ot need the prompting of anyone, when it commissioned a reputable internati=
onal audit firm, KPMG to carry out comprehensive audit of exhibits and forf=
eited assets of the Commission from 2003 to date. We have also arrested all=
those who claim that they are barristers, bank officials, government offic=
ials, Lottery Agents who with-held your funds, has money for transfer or wa=
nt you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not exist. http://www=
.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/198289-lawyers-acting-technical-advisers=
-criminals-efccs-magu.html We have been able to recover so much money from =
this hoodlums, corrupt government officials and these scam artists, the New=
minister of Finance Federal Republic of Nigeria Mrs. Kemi Adeosun under pr=
esident Muhammadu Buhari, and the CBN issued a statement on Feburary 20th 2=
016 to the effect that the CBN is against the fleecing of customers under a=
ny guise and with the mandate of the Apex Bank, issued a deposit refund of =
N6.2 Billion excess charges on cost of transaction for 2015 alone. This ref=
und, the CBN said arose from more 6,000 complaints of unauthorised bank cha=
rges brought to its notice. So the United Nation Anti-crime commission, the=
United State Government and the CBN have ordered the money recovered from =
the Scammers/government official to be shared among 100 Lucky people around=
the globe. This email is being directed to you because your email address =
was found in our past Chairman computer Mr. Ibrahim Larmode hard disk durin=
g our investigation in our office here in Nigeria and with the information =
gathered, we notice that you have been scammed of so much money and no comp=
ensation has been given to you, so we decided to compensate you with a litt=
le token to recover the lost of your fund you are therefore being compensat=
ed with the total sum $2.5 Million Dollars. Since your name appeared among =
the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation of US$2.5 Million, =
we have made arrangement to register an Online Banking through our Global B=
ank, (Standard Chartered Global Bank) where you will have full access to yo=
ur Online Banking Account Fund, to transfer your fund personally to your Pr=
ivate Bank Account with no complication of things or questioning as the Acc=
ount will be fully registered in your Name. The online Banking Processing i=
s made much easier for you to transfer your fund to your private Bank Accou=
nt personally, to avoid any delay or complication of things With this Onlin=
e Banking Transfer Processing, you can only transfer the Maximum Amount of =
US$500.000.00 daily/instalmentally until the total amount of your Compensat=
ed/deposited fund is transferred and completely paid to you. So you are adv=
ice to contact the processing officer Anti-Crime Foreign Operation Departme=
nt of the (EFCC) MARK KELVIN who is in charge of your funds with your provi=
ded information required for verification below. CONTACT PERSON: MARK KELVI=
N CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: efccmarkkelvin@yahoo.com CONTACT TELEPHONE: +234-9=
020667408 Provide the information below to enable the processing of your On=
line Banking Account for deposition of your total compensated fund. Provide=
the information bellow to enable the processing of your Online Banking Acc=
ount for deposition of your total compensated fund. 1) YOUR FULL NAME. 2) Y=
OUR ADDRESS. 3) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER. 4) YOUR OCCUPATION 5) YOUR IDENTITY/=
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT 6) COUNTRY. Contact Mr. MARK KELVIN with the informa=
tion required for verification to enable him start the processing of your O=
nline Banking Account Registration, we GUARANTEE you your safety and wish y=
ou the best of luck. We must all act as AGENT of stamping out corruption, T=
HE EAGLE will get you. Best Regard, Mr.Ibrahim Mustafa Magu CHAIRMAN ECONOM=
IC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT, LAGOS-NIGER=
IA.

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