ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION

Hello everyone. How`s it going out there? David Bowie here, owner of David Bowie`s House of Auctions. Home of the buy now Auction products. I have a correction to make. In one of my articles, I stated that there was 10 million online Auctions. Well, according to (Alexa.com) there are 29 million online Auctions out there. Which brings me to another conclusion. With so many Auctions out there, how does one avoid being taken in by fraud? I run several Auctions from (YAHOO) and (EBAY) plus I offer specialty items from my own web site.

I have noticed that recently, I started getting private emails from shoppers from other Auctions saying that they are interested in a certain item that I`m selling on ebay and would I except a moneygram. then they go on to say that they would like to have the item shipped to Nigeria. Then Wham! I get this email titled with the above title. So I start thinking, which is a sign of trouble for me anytime I start thinking! Well below is a copy of the email I got today.

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
E.F.C.C……..nobody is above the law
Headquarters: Plot 1017 & 1018 Coree Bay Crescent, Off
Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent
Wuse II, Abuja
PUTTING AN END TO INTERNET CRIMES IN NIGERIA
FROM THE DESK OF THE CHAIRMAN, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION NIGERIA, MALLAM NUHU RIBADU:
E.F.C.C is a governmental initiative set up by the federal government to put an end to the threat and shame created by the Advanced Fee Fraud within the country Nigeria and the global village as a whole. Our Mission is to curb the menace of corruption that constitutes the cog in the wheel of progress; protect national and foreign investments in the country; imbue the spirit of hard work in the citizenry and discourage ill gotten wealth; identify illegally acquired wealth and confiscate it; build an upright workforce in both public and private sectors of the economy and; contribute to the global war against financial crimes.
We are aware of the great problem these internet fraudsters are creating for your daily business transaction on the internet and we have decided that with your cooperation and our technical man power, we will together ameliorate the effect of these Crimes 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.
On account of this, we have decided to single handedly mail all prospective and sincere internet business dealers who have fallen victims of this shameful act put up by some unpatriotic Nigerians who have decided to put Nigeria’s name in the “BLACK BOOK”.
All we require you to do now is to identify if you have ever fallen victims of these so called internet scams and let us know via response from you the following information as under listed:

1. Your Full Name(First and Last) together with your Location
2. Your company name if any and where it is located in or around the United States of America.
3. Your type of Business Dealing on the internet(Brief explanation of your type of business)
4. How much were you defrauded of(Please indicate amount in Dollars)
5. Did you have to ship any item to any country? Yes/No
6. If yes, what was the Item shipped and where was it shipped to(Please indicate full shipping Info)
7. What form of Payment did you receive from the Fraudsters? Cheques, Money Orders, Wire Transfer Confirmation, Bank to Bank Transfer, e.t.c.

This is just the first step in actually getting the evil doers involved in your misfortune and having to get back all that have been stolen back to your safe hands. We need you to be very assured that with your help, the internet will be a very safe place for Businesses.
In conclusion, we require you to call our Criminal Investigations Consultant, Mr. Johnson Adekunle who will be there to attend to any question you might wish to ask us. Please feel free to contact us through this email or better still call our CIC on this numbers + (234)-802-2216493 or + (234)-802-2216492.
We will be looking for to hearing from you so that we can all work together for the safety of the Internet. Please call us ASAP through those numbers above so we may confirm your interest and begin our Investigations immediately.
Yours sincerely,
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.

Now I have to ask myself, is this guy for real? Or is this just another scam? Ok, this is where everyone gets to participate. I will let the readers decide if this is a hoax or not. I will give away a free copy of Bloggers Guide to Profits if anyone out there can tell me if this is real or not. to me it looks like a phishing line but who knows. Maybe the Nigerian Goverenment is trying to clean up their act. I know I would be. Romur has it that if the buyer comes from Nigeria, then it`s probably a fraud. To see more of my articles, visit David Bowie`s House of Auctions. Home of the Buy Now! Auction featuring jewelry,ebooks and electronics.

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