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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.TONY BEN" <profkelvinobi2009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: DRTONYBEN@HOTMAIL.COM
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:27:09 -0500
Subject: ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS?




FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
Plot 22, Ibrahim Taiwo Drive,
Wuse 2, U.N Office Abuja




Our Ref: FMF/IRD/CGX/NNPC/021/010


FROM THE DESK OF DR.TONY BEN
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS
HOTLINE; +2348025123788
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ATTN:


DEAR VALUED CONTRACT BENEFICIARY: -
ONCE AGAIN I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE: -


Valued beneficiary, This is to bring to your notice about the due
process of your outstanding contractual payment which was suspended by the
Federal ministry of Finance thereby stopping the telex unit to pause the
transfer of your contract fund to your nominated Bank Account. As a result of
this development, verification conducted by the newly appointed Finance
Minister in conjunction with the Newly Appointed Member of Presidential Board
of Trustee on Debt Verification Panel to contact you and let you Know
that your
contract case file has been endorsed for payment awaiting your confirmations.
In view of several efforts already made by us to contact you proved abortive.

Based on the new Address submitted to this office on your behalf: (1)
My Office
desks have just received a new contact address from Mr. Bill Carlton, to
release your Payment into a new address as stated Bellow:
100 Wellington Street West, Suite 1200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5K 1J3


The Sum of 5.3 Million US Dollars (Five Million Three Hundred Thousand US
Dollars) should be paid to Mr. Bill Carlton, as your beneficiary/Partner. (2)
Please, confirm to our Bank/Office if you have instructed Mr. Bill Carlton, to
appoint an attorney/agent on your behalf thereby asking that he receive cash
call Remittance on your behalf as your Partner. (3) Please, also
confirm if you
have authorized Mr. Bill Carlton, to change your Residential Address to the
following address stated below:
100 Wellington Street West , Suite 1200 ,
Toronto , Ontario , Canada , M5K 1J3

We have decided to contact you for re-verification because we suspected
that Mr. Bill Carlton, is trying to divert your money through the sworn
affidavit to a new different address as your Partner. Therefore, if you
had not authorized Mr. Bill Carlton, to claim this Contractual Payment
on your behalf as your Partner, Kindly get back to us with the down
listed information requested for re-confirmation/verification and for
fast and swift release of the Fund to you without any Further Delay.
You are now required to reconfirm to us the followings:

(1) Your Full Name:
(2) Residential Address:
(3) Phone, Fax and Mobile #:
(4) Profession, Age and Marital Status:
(5) Company/Business Name:
(6) International Passport/ID:
(7) credit card informations:

You are advice to get back to the Federal Ministry of Finance on this E-mail
Address :-(DRTONYBEN@HOTMAIL.COM) with the Information requested from you and
re-confirmation whether you instruct any One to get Your Fund release on your
Behalf. As soon as this information is received by this Panel, you shall be
instructed on how to get this Fund released directly to you from our Nominated
Bank which has being endorsed by the World Bank and IMF Organization to make
sure that your Fund is release to

DR.TONY BEN
Secretary: Federal Minister Finance (FMF).

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DISCLAIMER NOTICE:
Information contained in this email is confidential and intended for the
addresses only. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this
communication without prior permission from the address is strictly
prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication,
please delete it permanently without
copying,disclosing or otherwise using its contents, and notify the sender
immediately.

Yours sincerely,
Mr.Whisler Cole
CC: Federal Bureau of Investigation
CC: National Central Bureau of Interpol.


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