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A NEW NIGERIAN EFCC SCAM
There is a new scam going around that promises each victim from a Nigerian Scam US$300,000.00 in compensation for having been scammed!
Of course it is a SCAM!
Here are the details:
This typically comes from:
MR. TORRES
Torresfranklinowen@hotmail.com
IP ADDRESS: 146.185.27.137
Notice the broken sentences – this is because it is copied and pasted
TEXT OF THE SCAM EMAIL OR MESSAGE AS WAS LEFT IN A COMMENT ON ONE OF OUR PAGES:
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
Attention .All crimes in Nigeria
The preponderance of economic and financial crimes like Advance Fee
Fraud (419), Money Laundering, etc has had severe negative
consequences on Nigeria, including decreased Foreign Direct
Investments in the country and tainting of Nigeria’s national image.
The menace of these crimes and the recognition of the magnitude and
gravity of the situation led to the establishment of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The legal instrument backing the
Commission is the attached EFCC (Establishment) Act 2002 and the
Commission has high-Level support from the Presidency, the Legislature
and key security and law enforcement agencies in Nigeria.It is upon this that i as acting Chairman contact you to inform you of
the arrest and confiscation of the properties of Mr Fred ajuduwa A.k.a
too much money, Ade Bendel Aka the God Father & Mr kawo Benson Aka
kakudebensaon here in Nigeria.From their trail it was discovered after their confessional statements
that they scammed you and several others from the United states and
United Kingdom respectively an unspecified amount of money before my
assumption of office as Chairman.It is upon this that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
decided after the auctioning of their Seized properties to compensate
all those that have lost money to these scammers either through Loan
Offers or A.T.M cards or Lotty and all so who clain to be an EFCC and
lawyer that was never issued or delivered or if issued was not real.The Compensation is coming from the money realized by the Federal
Government after auctioning of their seized properties, ranging from
fleets of exotic cars, estates and a mini refinery belonging to the
Ghana National among the fraudsters.You will be compensated respectively with the sum of $300,000.00Dollars each.
Your compensation money will be transferred to you through the United
Bank of Africa as soon as you write out and sign an authorization
letter authorizing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to
transfer your compensation money.So i we want you to know that the transferring charges we be remove
from the compensating money so if you are already be scam by a nigerian only but if you havebeen scamed from order countries we can still help so i will want you to get back to me direct
via my email @Torresfranklinowen@hotmail.com
NOTE; OPPORTUNITY COMES BUT ONCE
Mr.TORRES
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My name is Carolyn Lafargue and I would like to share a complaint with you. A man named Curt Rauhau claimed to be an Army Sargent in Semen and in serious danger of his life..He used pictures of the real Curt Rauhut which I have been in contact with.
He claimed his wife died of cancer and he had a 12 year old son and to please help him get out of the danger zone. He even used text messages from UNcollection@gmail.com to verify all this. Since I lost my father I felt sorry for him..He ask me to send $10,000.00 so the UIN would let him go back to the states..I used BitCoin Address: 38z7MRvcG4jovbSaNEmf7MetBFv8XnGgl. He promised as soon as he was released from Semen and 3 days he would be in the states and pay me back the money. Right after I sent the money he called me and with his accent I knew I had been scammed. He is now writing me telling me that you’ll are holding the money which is mine.. He has a email address as: curtrauhut661@gmail.com
I do not know his name and he may be lying about you’ll holding the money and has ask me for more. I will not ever give him anything..I have truly been scammed. If you are holding the money would you PLEASE send it back to me.
He even sent picture of a man having his head chopped of with an axe by the terrorist..He was certainly believable. He finally admitted he was from Nigeria.
Thank you for your time,
Carolyn Lafargue
clafargue2@aol.com
We are sorry that you were scammed. But this is not the way to file a complaint against a scammer.
Please file a complain with the FTC at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/?orgcode=SCARS and on http://www.Anyscam.com
This guy temidayo bayode is a scammer because I have been scamming me out of money pretending to be James Johnson from Jackson Wyoming but he really live in Lagos Nigeria