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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. Oscar Williams" <telumelu979@gmail.com>
Reply-To: oscarwilliams79@aol.com
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 00:50:21 -0800
Subject: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

Urgent Attention:
I am , Mr. Oscar Williams the acting Chairman of the EFCC in
conjunction with International Police, The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC.We got a report from director of UBA bank in
Nigerian, person of Mr. Tony Elumelu Mr.Kennedy Uzoka/Mr. Morgan
Daniel. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a
Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes
such as delayed transaction, abandoned fund etc. The EFCC was notified
that sum of 4,500,000:00 USD is being pending on your data and will be
confiscated in next few days if you the beneficiary failed to claim
it. He informed us that you have not claimed your fund yet. He claimed
that you refused to come up with $120 needed for the transaction to be
completed. However, we only heard from him, therefore we really want
to hear from you as well to know exactly what transpired between you
and UBA CEO Mr. Tony Elumelu and why you did not claim the fund up
till now. We will like you to explain to our humble understanding as
soon as possible why haven’t have the fund in your possession. As you
can see we're already on this issue and will see to successful end of
it this time, we have not come for threaten or arresting anybody yet
but to settle the case amicably so we will appreciate it if you honor
us, I assure you we will definitely come to resolution point of the
whole matter.

Mr. Oscar Williams
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC

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