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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 Ibramhim Magu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr.willwhiteskunk@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 19:18:47 -0700
Subject: ***VICTIM Renumeration

Attn: Beneficiary,
 
ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) Nigeria
Operations jurisdiction        Nigeria
Legal jurisdiction        Financial crimes
Governing body President of Nigeria
Constituting instrument      
EFCC Establishment Act 2004
General nature        • Federal law enforcement
Headquarters        No.5 Fomella Street, Off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja
 
Agency executive      
Ibrahim Magu, Chairman.
Website: https://www.efccnigeria.org
 
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes such as advance fee fraud (419 fraud) and money laundering.[1] The EFCC was established in 2003, partially in response to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), which named Nigeria as one of 23 countries non-cooperative in the international community's efforts to fight money laundering.[1] The agency has its head office in Abuja.
 
I am Ibrahim 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.
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 gathered from this Scam artist, we noticed that you have been scammed of so much money and we 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 $1.5 Million Dollars. We have also arrested all those who claim that they are barristers, bank officials, 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$1 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 in your country with no complication of things or questioning as the Account will be fully registered in your Name.
 
Feel free to contact the processing officer Attorney Tunde Willian-Whiteskunk, The online Banking Processing 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$100.000.00 daily/instalmentally in accordance to authrizations and funds controls clearance, until the total amount of your Compensated/deposited fund is transfered and completely paid to you.
 
So you are advice to contact, processing officer Attorney Tunde Willian-Whiteskunk, with your provided information’s required for verification below.
 
CONTACT PERSON: Tunde Willian-Whiteskunk
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: barr.willwhiteskunk@gmail.com
CONTACT TELEPHONE: +234-907-652-7162
 
Provide the information bellow 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 Tunde Willian-Whiteskunk, with the information required for verification to enable him start the processing of your Online Banking Account Registration.
 
We guarantee your safety and wish you the best of luck.
 
Best Regards,
 
Ibrahim Magu
CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
ABUJA-NIGERIA.
 
 
 
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© 2018 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
 
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This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are
not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message and any attachments are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of EFCC Network This note also confirms that this email message has been virus scanned and although no computer viruses were detected, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Network accepts no liability for any consequential damage resulting from email containing computer viruses.
 
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