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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <missesther.emmanuel@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 00:21:34 +0200
Subject: Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa Magu(chairman of the EFCC)

I am Mr. Ibrahim 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 eradication of fraudsters and scam



Artists in Western part of Africa With the help of United



States Government and the United Nations and some corrupt



official adminstrators Mr Ibrahim Lamorde has been sacked



who happen to be the former EFCC chairman.







We have been able to track down so many



of this scam artist in various parts of west African



countries which includes (NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO,



GHANA CAMEROUN AND SENEGAL) and they are all in our custody



here in Lagos Nigeria.







We have been able to recover so much



money from these scam artists. The United Nation Anti-crime



commission and the United State Government have ordered the



money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100



Lucky people around the globe.







This email is being directed to you



because your email address was found in one of the scam



Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody here in



Nigeria and with the information gartered from this Scam



artist, you notice that you have been scammed of so much



money and have decided to compensate you with a little token



to recover the lost of your fund. You are therefore being



compensated with the total sum $ 2.5 Million Dollars. We have



also arrested all those who claim that they are barristers,



bank officials, Inheritance, Lottery Agents who has money for transfer or



want you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not



exist.







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 Bank, where you will have



full access to your Online Banking Account Fund, to transfer



your fund personally to your Private Bank Account with no



complication of things or questioning as the Account will be



fully registered in your Name.







Feel free to contact the processing



officer MISS ESTHER EMMANUEL. The online Banking Processing



It is made much easier for you to transfer your fund to your



private Bank Account personally, to avoid any delay or



complication of things. With this Online Banking Transfer



Processing, you can only transfer the Maximum Amount of



US $ 500.000.00 daily / install mentally until the total amount



of your Compensated / deposited fund is transferred and



completely paid to you and also if you choose to recieve your



payment VIA ATM CARD its is still accepted so you get back to her



with your choice of payment.







So you are advice to contact,



processing officer MISS ESTHER EMMANUEL with your provided



information? required for verification below.







CONTACT PERSON: MISS ESTHER EMMANUEL



CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: missesther.emmanuel@yahoo.com











Provide the information below to enable



the processing of your Online Banking Account for deposition



of your total compensated fund.







1) YOUR FULL NAME.



2) YOUR ADDRESS.



3) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.



4) YOUR OCCUPATION



5) YOUR IDENTITY.



6) COUNTRY







Contact MISS ESTHER EMMANUEL with the



information required for verification to enable her start



the processing of your Online Banking Account



Registration.







We guarantee your safety and wish you



the best of luck.







Best Regard,



Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa Magu



CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME



COMMISSION



(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS



DEPT,



LAGOS-NIGERIA

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