EFCC wants to help me recover money from Mr. S0lud0!

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Master Baiter Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 156

This is a recovery scam. I chose to bait this one (out of the 100+ in my catcher) because, well, the recovery lads are one of the worst in my opinion. (It's like shooting someone, then kicking them in the nuts.)

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Subject: ATTENTION:FRAUD VICTIMS
Date: May 2nd, 2009

Attention:
This email is not in any manner directed to you, but its purposely and
specifically directed to Scam victims. However, if you have fallen
for bank transfer scams,pet scams or any form of Scams, do not hesitate to contact us for more details on how we
can help refund your money back. We shall be waiting to hear from you with proves to back your claims that you were truly

scammed.

Yours faithfully,

Fair enough. The first scammer name that comes to my mind is our good ol' friend . Smile

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Subject: Re:ATTENTION FRAUD VICTIMS
Date: May 2nd, 2009

Dear ,

I am honestly very surprised and happy to receive your email. As you probably know, about two months ago I received an email from a telling me that I could claim a $23 million inheritance. This sounded like a very good offer to me. I sent this man $5000 for demurrage fees and haven't heard back from him since. I have tried calling his phone and emailing him to no avail. At this point I have realized that offer was a scam and that I will likely never see my money back. As you can imagine I am not happy about this substantial loss, however I am grateful to be in a financial position right now where I can afford the loss. That said, if you can indeed help me get my money back I would be very grateful to you.

Sincerely,

Timothy

Second part of the script... nothing spectacular. A ridiculous-looking Word form is attached.

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Date: May 2nd, 2009

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.
The Act mandates the EFCC to combat financial and economic crimes. The Commission is empowered to prevent, investigate, prosecute and penalize economic and financial crimes and is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of other laws and regulations relating to economic and financial crimes, including:

Economic and Financial Crimes commission Establishment act (2004)
The Money Laundering Act 1995
The Money Laundering (Prohibition) act 2004
The Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offenses Act 1995
The Failed Banks (Recovery of Debts) and Financial Malpractices in Banks Act 1994
The Banks and other Financial Institutions Act 1991; and
Miscellaneous Offenses Act

EFCC boast of remitting 90% of the money scammed from the country and returned to the rightful owners who have documents to back their claim.Please kindly print out the attached form,fill and scan back to us with asap with the scan of all relevant documents(western union,money gram receipts and other bank transaction used to send money to the scammers)

THANKS.

I decide to introduce a slight delay with the form. My scanner is broken, and I can't send it for a bit.

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Date: May 2nd, 2009

Dear ,

Thank you very much for supplying me with the form. I shall complete it and have it scanned off to you as soon as possible. Unfortunately, and by coincidence, my scanner broke 3 days ago so I have to head off to the store and get a new one.

Sincerely,

Timothy

Arrest the scammers? LOL. Yeah, why don't we arrest you. Smile

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Date: May 2nd, 2009

i will be waiting for the form asap so that we can start the remittance process and arrest the scammers.

OK, so I've got a scanner now! I filled out the form using Akbar, a free font of Matt Groening's (The Simpsons and Futurama) handwriting. Too bad I sent him a very small, low-quality JPG of about 65K, with over 9MBs of zeros (padding) added to it (thanks to the fast work of cat /dev/zero!). And, he gave me a two-page form. This is just the first page!

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Date: May 2nd, 2009

Dear ,

I have attached the first page of the form as you requested. I shall send you the second page in a few minutes. (I apologize. I am new to this scanner and don't really know how to work it yet.)

Sincerely,

Timothy

FILES ATTACHED: page1.jpg (68K, unpadded) (9.2 MB, original)

And here's page 2, which comes in at a whopping 8.6 MB.

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Date: May 2nd, 2009

Dear ,

As I promised, here is the second page of the form.

Sincerely,

Timothy

FILES ATTACHED: page2.jpg (60K, unpadded) (8.6 MB, original)

I was actually a little worried that my forms would be denied, since they were obviously not handwritten, but lo and behold, they were accepted. Now I've got to wait 5-7 days for my application to be processed, but if you read on you'll see that our desperate lad can't wait that long.

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Date: May 2nd, 2009

Thanks for your prompt reply,it will take 5-7days for your application
to be processed and your funds will be remitted back to you,we will
swing into action immediately by tracking and arresting this scammers
and remitting your cash back to you.

Regards

Seems they need some evidence too.. the Western Union receipt.

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Date: May 2nd, 2009

i await the scan of the western union or money gram receipt which you sent the money with to the scammers if you still got them.

Regards

I email him back to let him know the WU receipt is attached. Only thing is, I intentionally didn't attach anything.

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Date: May 2nd, 2009

Dear ,

As you requested I have attached a copy of the Western Union transfer receipt. Also, I apologize for not being available on chat when you contacted me. I am available now.

Sincerely,

Timothy

We have a chat together, which I dragged out as long as possible, even after he had to go.

Surprise, surprise. He can't get the WU receipt, maybe because I didn't attach one in the first place. Razz

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Date: May 2nd, 2009

Dear ,

I am not sure why you are not able to get the receipt. I have reattached it.

Sincerely,

Timothy

FILES ATTACHED: westernunion.jpg (36K, unpadded) (6.7 MB, original)

Wow. They couldn't contact any of the other victims, so I'm entitled to the full amount in the account. But before I get that, I've just got to pay $1090...

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

Hi Timothy,
i am glad to tell you that your application has been processed and
your refund approved,it will take 5-7days for the bank to process your
funds and send it back to you,we waited for other scammed victims to
contact us about their ordeal in the hands of this two criminal but
till now nobody has claimed the fund,in this respect you are the only
recipient of the funds found in the scammers account.please find the
attached approval letter,we have notified our operatives in Asia where
the other scammed funds were kept to take care of your refund in
collaboration with the local bank.
You are to pay application and processing fee.

Application Fee----------------500$

Processing Fee................590$.

This funds are to be paid asap so that the the process of the scammed
refund can be furthered to the operative commandant in Asia
asap,please adhere strictly so that your refund will be transferred to
you asap.Here are the commandant details.

FIRST NAME-------------------ISAAC

LAST NAME--------------------

ADDRESS----------COMMISSION DRIVE,BANJARA HILLS
HYDERABAD,INDIA

AMOUNT--------------------1090$

When this is done,kindly scan the western union receipt to me,so that
we can print it out and attach to your file.

Congratulations.

Too bad he didn't say how much I'd be getting...

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

Dear ,

I am very happy to hear that! Since you were not able to contact any of the other victims, exactly how much will I be receiving from you?

Sincerely,

Timothy

Yay! I'm entitled to, well, quite a lot of cash...

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

you are entitled to get $1,126,350.

regards

Yet another payment reminder.

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

pls act asap and let me have the scan of western union receipt when you have sent the fee,pls act asap

Timothy is excited.

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

Dear ,

Fantastic!! I am currently arranging to get the money but I hope to have it by tomorrow.

Sincerely,

Timothy

Yes, idiot, I know where to send the money to.

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

its okay,i loook forward to receiving the fee tommorow to make things faster,immediately you get it send it to the info of our operative in asai which i gave you and scan me the receipt asap.did you copy down the operative infos?

Congrats once again

I'll confirm the details with him.

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

Dear ,

Yes. Here is the information you provided me:

FIRST NAME-------------------ISAAC

LAST NAME--------------------

ADDRESS----------COMMISSION DRIVE,BANJARA HILLS
HYDERABAD,INDIA

AMOUNT--------------------1090$

Sincerely,

Timothy

He's ANXIOUS to get his hands on the cash.

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

Correct,by what time tommorow should i expect the scanned receipt so that it can be attached to your file and passed to the bank asap.

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

Dear ,

Sometime in the afternoon.

Sincerely,

Timothy

Thanks.

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

Have a nice day ahead.

You'll get it soon.

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Date: May 4th, 2009

i am waiting for the scanned receipt.

Regards.

Let's put his mind at ease.

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Date: May 3rd, 2009

Dear ,

I have made the payment but I will not be able to scan the receipt for a few hours. They also told me they'd call me with further instructions for something; I didn't quite catch what the girl was saying.

Sincerely,

Timothy

Thanks for the extra time, douchebag.

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Date: May 4th, 2009

okay,you can give me all the details now and when you get home,you can
scan me the document,reply asap

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Date: May 4th, 2009

deatils including senders full name,address,amount.

Regards

Oh noes, I haven't sent the receipt to him.

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Date: May 4th, 2009

I am waiting for the western union receipt scam asap to further the
process of refund.

Regards.

The bait will take a surprising turn in the next few days...

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