419 scam: "ROBERT S. MUELLER, III"<admin@neoredsms.com> ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
- +2347018912466 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ceconomicandfinancialcrimes6@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ROBERT S. MUELLER, III" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jameswindon.efcc.agent@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:32:58 +0200
Subject: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)

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 Ibrahim Magu, 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, European chemical distributors' association FECC, 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: +234-70 1891 2466 if there is any further clearance needed.

We Anticipated your kind co-operation.

With Warm Regards.

Yours Sincerely

EFCC Executive Chairman
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
E-mail Contact: ceconomicandfinancialcrimes6@gmail.com

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