419 scam: "Economic and Fiancial Crime Commision"<mshumejda006@gmail.com> Economic and Financial Crime Commission

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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:
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Economic and Fiancial Crime Commision" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mshumejda05@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 07:03:23 -0700
Subject: Economic and Financial Crime Commission

Dear Sir / Madam

It has come to our knowledge through our monitoring Network that you have been dealing with an impostor who claim that he is in position to assist you receive your long outstanding payment. we are also aware that this impostor have already stolen huge sum of money from you in the past few months and all he dose is to ask you to make more payment after one payment.

My Name is Mr Ibrahim M. Magu the Chairman of Economic and Fiancial Crime Commision Federal Republic Of Nigeria and our duties is to investigate Economic Crime and assist the scammed victims in Recovering their Stolen Funds.

We have a good news for you as we have Recovered $200,000 which you lost to Scammer, again we do not require you to send your Bank Account Details in order to receive this $200,000 as we have a special arrangement in which you will successfully receive your $200,000 in a Bank very close to your residence. We have open a Recovery Accounts in the Most Popular and Major Banks.

You are to email your contact Address and direct telephone number, after which we will then inform you of the Bank very close to your contact address where you are expected go and pick up your $200,000 CASH payment successfully without any delay.

I am presently in New York USA because of the recovery of your payment and that of other beneficiaries who has also been a scam victim like you, therefore you are advised to to take advantage of my presence in United States and call me or send a telephone SMS to me immediately you receive this email on
Telephone Number

You are advise to reply this email as soon as possible because this will be the only good opportunity available to you in receiving the money stolen from you.

Mr Ibrahim M. Magu
Chairman Economic and Financial Crime Commission Federal Republic of Nigeria

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