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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: "MINISTRY OF FINANCE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info_olusegun_2010@yahoo.cn>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 20:09:39 -0800
Subject: CALL +234-1825-3563 FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR FUND

From Office Of Dr Olusegun O.Aganga
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
P.M.B. 14, Garki, Abuja .
Mobile Tel: +234-1825-3563.

Attn:- Unpaid Beneficiary,

CLAIM'S OF YOUR FUND VALUED US$10.5 MILLION BY SOME RE-PRESENTATIVES.

Good Day to you and your family as I bring to you greetings in the name of the LORD.

I do like to let you know that a Power Of Attorney and an 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 to be from you and also stated that you sent him to receive these fund on your behalf.

I want you to know that your Registered Previous Personal details which was made available for transfer, this man claimed to be the representative of your Family, and the power of attorney clearly
states that you are dead, they also presented an account in exchange of your information to claim your fund valued at US$10.5 Million which is right now put on HOLD in an Online account that was setup for the gentleman and the fund is with the Central bank of Nigeria, and its highly secured and protected by a high level security which makes it impossible for any body to make withdrawal from the principal account until you or your family members confirms that you are alive or dead.

Below is the account details presented to this office by your representatives 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 FOR TRANSFER: 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 or any member of your family is expected to do is to confirm the receipt of the mail if you are indeed alive,Please this email demands urgent response, if by peradventure you are alive or this mail is read by a family member or friend who has access to your email address, 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 you did not respond on how you can get your fund released to you, we are now suspecting
that it might be true and funny that something strange might have happened and that the information we received might be true.

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

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR FULL ADDRESS
3. YOUR AGE
4. YOUR OCCUPATION
5. YOUR COUNTRY
6. YOUR NATIONALITY
7. YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER
8. YOUR FAX ( IF ANY)
9. YOUR SCAN COPY IDENTIFY
10. BANKING PARTICULARS

All reply to this mail should be send to info_olusegun_2010@yahoo.cn

Note: In case of any questions from you or your family members that reads this email, call should be made directly to my office mobile number: +234-1825-3563.

Best regards,
DR OLUSEGUN O.AGANGA
Federal Ministry of Finance.
Federal Republic of Nigeria .

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