The email below (copied from my email files) was sent to me on December 16, 2010 at 10:25 pm. I am putting this up For those who are complaining about those emails sent to us from Benin, Western Union. I dont know what to think about this email because if u read below it states: ""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 also paid the Registration and Safe Keeping fees and for security reasons we have also insured your fund to avoid misappropriation."" Now they are either using reverse-psychology sending this email out or its genuine. I don't believe it because i never sent money to any of these scammers, for them to say they "submitted my details" and that they "paid the Registration and Safe Keeping fees". I have seen so many of these types of emails that its come to the point with me that i dont believe any of them no matter how convincing they sound. Rule #1, if they ask for money--its a scam. Period.

Beware Of Fraudulent Transaction > Contact EFCC
Economic & Financial Crimes Commission
To: Undisclosed recipients:

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 Two Hundred And Fifty thousand US Dollars (US$250, 000.00) 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 also paid the Registration and Safe Keeping fees and for security reasons we have also insured your fund to avoid misappropriation.

Contact the Western Union agent office through the email address stated below inform them about this notification letter and the transfer of your fund;


[email protected]


Yours sincerely,
Michelle Jones (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 yourself from all correspondence and transactions entered into based on evidently fraudulent and fictitious claims.

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