419 scam: "DR. MANSUR MUHTAR"<info@gmail.com> PAYMENT NOTIFICATION:YOUR PAYMENT IS READY VIA ATM CARD

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2347089541714
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- drmansur.muhtar09@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR. MANSUR MUHTAR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drmansur.muhtar09@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:21:24 -1100
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION:YOUR PAYMENT IS READY VIA ATM CARD

FROM FMF, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
NO 12 EDIDI LANE IDUMOTA LAGOS
HONORABLE MINISTER OF FINANCE, DR. MUNSUR MUTHAR
APPROVED BY THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT
http://www.fmf.gov.ng/FMF_HMF_Profile.aspx

OUR REF: FGN /SNT/STB
YOUR REF.
THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED

YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE

PAYMENT.
AFTER THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S MEETING HELD IN ABUJA, WITH PRESIDENT. ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR ADUA (GCFR), YOUR NAME COMES

UP AS ONE OF THE BENEFICIARY OF THE
CONTACT /INHERITANCE THAT ARE YET TO RECEIVED
THERE FUND,YOUR FUND WHICH SUPPOSED TO BE TRANSFERD TO YOU
BY PAST MINISTER OF FINANCE (DR. USMAN SHAMSUDDEN) BEFORE HE LEFT THE OFFICE AS A MINISTER OF FINANCE IN NIGERIA
I DR. MANSUR MUHTAR THE CURRENT MINISTER OF FINANCE, WE HAVE RESOLVED IN FINDING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. WE HAVE

ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE IN EUROPE, AMERICA, AFRICA AND
ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT, UMARU YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND FBI.
IN RESPECT TO OVERSEAS CONTRACT PAYMENT AND DEBT RE-SCHEDULING.

ALSO THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT IS USING THIS MEAN TO REWARDS ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ALL PART OF EUROPE

INCLUDING ASIA,AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AMERICA, ANTARCTICA E.T.C AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR FUNDS IN EITHER SCAM, OR AN UNCOMPLETED BUSINESS, OR OTHERWISE.
I HAVE BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $14.6 000,000.00 USD TO YOU AS PART OF YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT FOR THIS YEAR 2009. FOR

YOUR INFORMATION,YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN

RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO RECEIVE YOUR ATM CARD WHICH WILL BE CREDITED WITH $14.6 000, 000 00. UNITED STATES DOLLARS BEFORE

IT WILL BE SEND TO YOU THROUGH ANY COURIER SERVICE OF YOUR CHOICE.
KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION'S BELOW SO I CAN START ARRANGEMENT ON HOW TO GET YOUR ATM CARD

SHIPPED TO YOU.

1 YOUR FULL NAME:
2 ADDRESS; WHERE YOU ATM CARD TO BE SEND
3 PHONE: NUMBER AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
4 AGE:
THIS MESSAGE IS SUPPORTED BY THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT, AFTER YOU MIGHT HAVE STARTED MAKING USE OF YOUR ATM CARD, YOU CAN

REWARD MY FIRM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER YOU KNOWS BEST.
CONGRATULATIONS.

FROM THE FMF, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
BECAUSE OF IMPOSTERS WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT (455),YOU MUST INCLUDE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING ME.

HONORABLE MINISTER OF FINANCE,
DR. MANSUR MUHTAR
EMAIL-:drmansur.muhtar09@gmail.com
PHONE :+2347089541714

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