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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <m.spencer74@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 01:34:10 -0700
Subject: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN,
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
NIGERIA INVESTIGATION BUREAU
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.
Motto: No Body is Above the LAW (THE EAGLE)
   
   
                                                                       (BE CAREFUL OF THE HOODLUMS / SCAMMERS)
   
   
I am Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC) in alliance with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with head office here in Nigeria. We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and cyber crime in the 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 in various parts of West Africa such as (REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA, CAMEROON, NIGERIA, MALI AND SENEGAL) and they are all in our custody here in Lagos Nigeria.
 
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/04/efcc-arrests-400-for-yahoo-yahoo-in-3-months-%E2%80%95-bawa/
   
The Anti-corruption war has taken a new turn as the past chairman of this commission Mr. Ibrahim Magu a retired police officer, was suspended as EFCC chairman in year 2020 due to corruption charges five years after he took over as head of the anti-graft agency on 9 November 2015. He is under investigation for fraud including the diversion of recovered funds and assets as he is currently being investigated for more evidence. You can also follow the link for more informations.
   
https://www.theafricareport.com/33943/nigerias-efcc-boss-suspended-from-office-following-secret-tribunal/
   
Till date, we have arrested some who claim to be barristers, bank officials, government officials, lottery agents in possession of funds or has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not exist. Also, we have been able to recover so much money with a mandate by the United Nations Anti-crime commission and the United States government to compensate victims of these scams whose information was obtained from the impostors.
   
This email is being directed to you because your email address was found in custody of the recently suspended Chairman Mr. Ibrahim Magu during investigation by the Department of State Service (DSS). With information gathered, we discovered you have been scammed of so much money which makes you a recipient of this payment phase in order to recover the lost of your fund. You are therefore approved for compensated with the total sum of US$2.5 Million Dollars through swift transfer.
   
Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries approved for compensation, we have made arrangement to register an online banking through our affiliate/global bank where you will have full access to your Online Banking Account, to transfer your fund personally to your private bank account with no complication of things or questioning as the account will be fully registered in your name.
   
The online banking Processing is made much easier for you to transfer your fund to your private bank account personally. Once registered, you are only allowed to transfer the maximum amount of US$500.000.00 daily/instalmentally until the total amount of your compensated/deposited fund is transferred and completely paid to you.
   
However, you are advised to contact the processing officer Foreign Operations Department (Anti-Crime) Mr. Mike Spencer who is in charge of your funds transfer process with the below information required for verification.
  
NAME: Mr. Mike Spencer
EMAIL: m.spencer74@aol.com
PHONE: +234 703 627-9306
   
Provide the information below to enable the processing of your online banking account for the transfer of your total compensated fund.
   
1) FULL NAMES.
2) HOME/RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
3) TEL/PHONE NUMBER.
4) SEX:
5) OCCUPATION.
6) IDENTIFICATION.
   
Contact Mr. Mike Spencer with the information required to enable him start the processing of your online bank account registration, we GUARANTEE you your safety and wish you the best of luck.
   
We must all act as AGENT of stamping out corruption, THE EAGLE will get you.
   
Best Regard,
Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa
CHAIRMAN, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION.

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