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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. Mansur Muhtar OFR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jameszipp12@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:43:04 +0100
Subject: RE: Release of US$10.00 million Part Payment of your pending
Inheritance/Contract Claims

FROM OFFICE OF: Dr. Mansur Muhtar OFR
Honorable Minister of Finance
Federal Ministry of Finance,Abuja                
P.M.B. 14, Garki, Abuja
www.fmf.gov.ng              
               
 
Sir/Ma,
 
RE: Release of US$10.00 million Part Payment of your pending Inheritance/Contract Claims
 
We have received formal informations from the Presidency/ Federal Executive Council(FEC), Antifraud Unit, Abuja stating that some unsolicited official of our are contacting you without formal approval from us based on your full standing credit already on transit
with our intermediary settling bank to your bank to the volume of US$10 Million only being part payment of your outstanding credit here in Nigeria. Because we are not comfortable with the accusation and need advice you via this medium guaranteeing you do not
work with fictitious contacts purporting to come from our paying bank.
 
This mandate given to us was as a result of the failure on the part of the DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICE(DMO)/Mr. PRIEST CHAMBERLIN to handle these payment which emanated from the contracts payment debt of the defunt Nigerian National Petroleum
 
Corporation as well as delayed inheritance claims due foreign beneficiaries on Resolution Payment code:4141. Waivers have been granted to all requested certificates as demanded by the DMO office to make payment earsier.
 
In that instance, be informed that JAMES ZIPP is the only authorized officer legally approved to handle your payment. He is the Director Foreign Operation Dept., Overseas Credit Reconciliation unit,CBN Lagos.
 
Any information you receive from the CBN without his signatory/approval should be disregarded by you and turned to this Office for disciplinary action to be taken against the culprit. In the same vain, any message you receive from JAMES ZIPP must be reconciled with this office for authentication and record purposes before you reply same to ensure total coherency/transparency in the ongoing payment arrangement until you receive your sum.You are advised to contact JAMES ZIPP via his office email address: jameszipp12@gmail.com, upon receipt of this message.
 
Your prompt receipt of your already credit sum will be highly favoured if you will heed to our sincere instructions for security reasons and also your urgent ability to meet any obligation required of you by this office in their course of delivering your sum to you.
 
The foregoing will ensure no delay and also eliminate the activities of imposters who may capitalize on such delay to feed you with empty information to divert your attention and deter you from receiving your sum as already scheduled.
 
We anticipate your total diligence and cooperation in our advice until you receive your sum via this conduit while contacting the aforementioned for more details about your payment on transit.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Dr. Mansur Muhtar OFR
Minister For Finance,
Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja
 
NB:Any leakage of this payment arrangement to a third party or office is at your own risk as it may deter you from receiving your sum as scheduled as imposters may capitalize on such to furnish you with wrongful information.- BE WARNED
 
cc: JAMES ZIPP,CBN,Lagos
cc: National Treasury Dept,Lagos
cc: Commerz Bank,London

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