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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: EFCC OFFICE <efccr7@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: EFCC OFFICE <aol.aol2014@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:17:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings!

Economic & Financial Crime Commission
(efcc) Foreign Operations Dept,

You are receiving this message from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in alliance with economic community of West African States (ECOWAS). 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. We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of African countries and they are all in our custody.

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 50 Lucky victims around the globe.

This email is been directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody here, therefore you have being compensated with $1.500, 000 (One million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars).

Now you are advised to contact DHL for the immediate delivery of your ATM Visa Card worth of $1.5 million. Fill your information bellow when contacting DHL Courier Company Benin republic.

Full Name:----------
Home Address:----------
Your country:----------
Your phone number:----------
A copy of your I identity:......

You can forward your information to DHL Courier Email address as bellow: (officedhl99@gmail.com)

Best Regard,
Mr. Stéphane Bonnardel.
Chairman economic & financial crime commission
(EFCC) foreign operations dept

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