by Peta
Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:34 am
This is one of the most elaborate recovery scams that I have ever seen. http://www.efccnigeria.org is a legitimate website and I encourage visitors to take a look at that site. This scam has no connection to that website. The scammers are piggybacking off this Nigerian anti-fraud site in the hope that it will convince victims of 419 that they can claim compensation as a result of losing their money.
The scammers are directing victims to contact free live.com email addresses. If the message had any genuine connection to http://www.efccnigeria.org the "reply to" email addresses would also end in efccnigeria.org.
The idea that $25,000 compensation would be disbursed by western union is simply ridiculous. The scammers are setting up the fake compensation in such a way that the victim will be faced with demands for the payment of fees before receiving their completely fictitious compensation. Do not reply to this message. Ignore it, trash it. Anything but reply.
The advice at the end of the message bordered by the ***** characters is remarkable!
The scammers are directing victims to contact free live.com email addresses. If the message had any genuine connection to http://www.efccnigeria.org the "reply to" email addresses would also end in efccnigeria.org.
The idea that $25,000 compensation would be disbursed by western union is simply ridiculous. The scammers are setting up the fake compensation in such a way that the victim will be faced with demands for the payment of fees before receiving their completely fictitious compensation. Do not reply to this message. Ignore it, trash it. Anything but reply.
The advice at the end of the message bordered by the ***** characters is remarkable!
X-Originating-IP: [117.103.32.99]
Received: from 82.128.23.226
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:39:41 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: Advance Fee Fraud (Stop That Transaction Now)
From: [email protected] <- Email address has been spoofed or faked into the header details.
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Attention,
The Federal Government of Nigeria through provisions in Section 419 of the
Criminal Code came up with punitive measures to deter and punish
offenders.The Advance Fee Fraud section deal mainly with cases of advance
fee fraud(commonly called 419) such as obtaining by false pretence through
different fraudulent schemes e.g. contract scam, credit card scam,
inheritance scam, job scam, lottery scam, “wash wash” scam (money washing
scam), marriage scam. Immigration scam, counterfeiting and religious scam.
It also investigates cyber crime cases.
This is to officially announce to you that some scam Syndicates were
apprehended in Lagos, Nigeria few days ago and after several
interrogations and tortures your details were among those mentioned by
some of the scam Syndicates as one of the victims of their operations.
After proper investigations and research at Western Union Money Transfer
and Money Gram office to know if you have truly sent money to the scam
Syndicates through Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram, your name
was found in Western Union Money Transfer database amongst those that have
sent money through Western Union Money Transfer to Nigeria and this proves
that you have truly been swindled by those unscrupulous persons by sending
money to them in the course of getting one fund or the other that is not
real, right now we are working hand in hand with Western Union and
Interpol to track every fraudsters down, do not respond to their e-mails,
letters and phone calls any longer they are scammers and you should be
very careful to avoid being a victim to fraudsters any longer because they
have nothing to offer you but to rip-off what you have worked hard to
earn.
In this regard a meeting was held between the Board of Directors of The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and as a consequence of
our investigations it was agreed that the sum of twenty five thousand US
Dollars (US$25,000) should be transferred to you out of the funds that
Federal Government of Nigeria has set aside as a compensation to everyone
who have by one way or the other sent money to fraudsters in Nigeria.
***Please note that we will NO LONGER be liable for any loss, cost or
expense, whatsoever, suffered or incurred by You in connection with the
fraudsters. Be warned!
We have deposited your fund at Western Union Money Transfer agent location
EMS Post office Lagos, Nigeria. We have submitted your details to them so
that your fund can be transferred to you. We have paid the Registration
and Transfer fees and for security reasons we have also insured your fund
to avoid misappropriation.
Contact the Western Union agent office through any of the email addresses
stated below and inform them about this notification letter and the
transfer of your fund;
[email protected]
[email protected]
Yours sincerely,
Maureen Philips (Miss)
Assistant Investigation Officer.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Nigeria
+234 1 2625189
http://www.efccnigeria.org
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Please note that some fraudsters are claiming to be Directors or staff of
The Ecomomic and Financial Crimes Commission have recently been sending
phony e-mails/letters and also calling unsuspecting persons, with intent
to defraud them. It is important to note that these fraudsters are
criminals engaged in Advanced Fee Fraud known in Nigeria as 419. Every
day, people throughout the world are falling victim to scams of one kind
or another. But remember - if it sounds too good to be true, it is
probably a scam. In the circumstance, we unreservedly advice you to
dissociate yourselve from all correspondence and transactions entered into
based on evidently fraudulent and fictitious claims.
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