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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.OLUSEGUN OLUWATOYIN AGANGA" <segu_fmf@fmf.com>
Reply-To: <segun_fmf@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 15:16:10 -0700
Subject: ATTN:BENEFICIARY

Honorable Minister of Finance
DR. OLUSEGUN OLUWATOYIN AGANGA
P.M.B. 14, GARKI, ABUJA
E-MAIL:segun_fmf@yahoo.com




PERMISSION TO PAY YOUR REPRESENTATIVE YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE FUNDS.

Attn:Unpaid beneficiary,

Blessings of a new day, I do like to let you know that a POWER OF ATTORNEY and a application letter for CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP has been forwarded to my office by MR. IBRAHIM MAL ALLA HAMMAD BIN HAMMAD AL SABRI a Citizen of DUBAI, U.A.E, he claimed that members of your family sent him to receive your funds on there behalf.

This man claimed to be the representative of your family, and the Power of attorney he presented to me stated that you are dead; he also presented an account in exchange of your information to claim your funds valued at US$10.5 Million which is right now on HOLD in an online account that was setup for this Gentleman and the funds is in one of our bank in Lagos Nigeria, and its highly secured and protected by a high level security which makes impossible for any body to make withdrawal from the principal account until your family members confirms the truth of this matter.

FIND BELOW ACCOUNT WHERE THE SAID MAN OR YOUR REPRESENTATIVE CHOOSES TO MAKE THE ONLINE TRANSFER.

BANK NAME: STANDARD BANK OF DUBAI
NAME OF ACCOUNT: IBRAHIM MAL ALLA HAMMAD BIN HAMMAD AL SABRI
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 2984-0008-660
SWIFT CODE: BOPIPHMM
AMOUNT TO BE TRANSFERRED: US$10.5 MILLION.

Be further informed that the power of attorney also stated that you suffered and died of a THROAT CANCER, all you just have to do is for you to confirm the receipt of the mail if you are really alive, because its sound furious with the pressure this gentle man has been mounting on this office for the transfer.

I was instructed to find out if it really happened or not before the fund will be transferred to them, Please this email demands urgent response, if by peradventure your are alive or this mail is read by a family member or friend who has access to your email addres,should respond immediately.

You are therefore given 48HRS to confirm the truth in this information if you are still alive by responding back immediately so that this office will know the next line actions to be taken.Since no response from you all these while on how we can get your fund released to you,we are now suspecting that it might be true and funny that something Strange might have happened to you.

Kindly provide the following details for immediate actions to be carried out:

1: Your full name:
2: Your present address:
3: Your age and sex:
4: Your Occupation:
5: Your Tel/fax:
6: Your Identity card or International passport

You or your family members that reads these email should respond back as I await your immediate response to this matter.

Best regards,

Honorable Minister of Finance
DR. OLUSEGUN OLUWATOYIN AGANGA.
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Honorable Minister of Finance
DR. OLUSEGUN OLUWATOYIN AGANGA

Mr. Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga (Segun), is currently the Honourable Minister for Finance for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a position he assumed in April 2010.

Prior to that he was Managing Director - Goldman Sachs International (GSI), London.At GSI his responsibilities included advising hedge fund managers and investors as well engaging with the industry, financial regulators, government ministers and parliamentarians in Europe. At GSI, he was also Country Leader for Nigeria. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2001, he was at Ernst & Young, London, a firm of Chartered Accountants, from 1989-2001 and Arthur Young, Lagos Nigeria from 1978-1989. At Ernst & Young he worked in a number of industries including Banking, Insurance, Asset Management and Oil & Gas.

Segun is a founder of the Nigerian Leadership Initiative (NLI), a non-profit, non-partisan international organisation and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN). NLI provides a platform for highly accomplished, uniquely qualified Nigerian leaders in Nigeria and the diaspora to develop and express their values-based leadership skills and assume a transformative role in the development of Nigeria. He also serves on a number of boards and committees including Technoserve and The Prince? Trust Invest in Futures Committee.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA); former Chairman - Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) Prime Brokerage Committee (f. London Investment Banking Association); as well a member of European Commission (EC) Alternative Investment Management Expert Group and the Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Technical Committee on Nigerian Capital Market Structure.
Segun is a Chartered Accountant and has degrees from University of Oxford, UK as well University of Ibadan.

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