419 scam: "MR. IBRAHIM MUSTAFA MAGU"<info@shkololo.ru> Attn: Beneficiary,

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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.
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.
- efccdepartment14@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- you are hereby required to contact me via email: efccdepartment14@gmail.com and james godwin or +234 for (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. IBRAHIM MUSTAFA MAGU" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesgodwin008@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:14:43 +0200
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary,

Hello Beneficiary,

We hope you get this message in good health and sound mind.

We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western part of Africa and around the world at large With the help of The United States Government and the United Nations in conjunction with FBI INTERNATIONAL.

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 e.t.c) and they are in our custody here in Lagos Nigeria and 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 these Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the globe.

This message is being directed to you because your profile/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 gardered from this Scam artist, we felt that you might have been scammed of so much of your hard earn money and the United Nation Anti-crime commission have decided to compensate you with this token to recover the lost of your funds.

Since your name/profile appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation of $2,500,000USD, we have made arrangement to deposit your total compensated amount of $2,500,000USD into an ATM Card endorsed by the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (U.B.A) to be used for personal withdrawal of your funds at a withdrawal maximum value of $10,000USD per day at any ATM machine in your state until your total compensated amount of $2,500,000USD is completely withdrawn and paid to you.

The ATM card has been specially prepared, designed and endorsed to enable you withdraw your money from any ATM machine in any part of the world where ATM SIGNS and signals are founds.

You are hereby required to contact me via email: efccdepartment14@gmail.com AND James Godwin <efccdepartment03@yahoo.com> or +234 for further clarification.

Regards
MR. IBRAHIM MUSTAFA MAGU
Efcc Funds Recovery Dept.

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