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An Email with the Subject "ATTENTION SCAMS VICTIM" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:10:37 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as EFCC NIGERIA <efccscamnigeria@gmail.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Attetion: Beneficiary, Firstly we introduce this commission, Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) we fight cyber crime, Internet fraud, scam and money laundering in Africa and London United Kingdom Our commission has been in existences since 2004 and our duty is to stop internet fraud. We have over 7,500 of them in our jails around Africa and UK and we are still looking for these internet fraudsters and we are aware that a lot of foreigners have been deceived and huge amount of money has also been lost to this fraudsters after promising you percentages in their letters for you to help them move funds and they will end up demanding for money from you and in return you will get nothing. The Leaders of the African Crime fighters has come together to inform the world what is going on now and we have recovered over $422 Million Dollars (Four Hundred and Twenty two Million Dollars) from the people we have apprehended. The reason we are writing you this letter is because your name was given to us by one of the fraudsters in our detention room after serious investigation and our aim is to refund all lost fund to its legitimate owner. The Government has approved a total of Twenty five Thousand United states Dollars (US$25,000.00) only as the compensation of the lost that you incurred as this was a ceiling rate as some suffered more while others suffered less to and the idea is to restore you back to the position that you would have been if not that you are defrauded. In addition to the compensation amount also approved in your favor is also Ten Million United States Dollars (US$10,000,000.00) only making it a total of Ten Million, Twenty five thousand United States Dollars that will be paid to you in the next few days as the International confirmable Draft has been issued in your favor? All that you have to do right now is to contact the undersigned furnish him with the following data of yours immediately as we intend finalizing this payment in few days time. Your Name Your Mailing address (Not P.o Box Please) Your Direct Mobile Line Regards Dr. Jason Mingi (Chairman EFCC Internet Fraud Unit) Note :*****( confidential) If this email is received accidentally and you are not a victim of scam, please disregard and do not respond*****