419 scam: "Alhaji.Bello H. Mohammed" <babatunde.george1979@gmail.com> Are You Dead Or Alive Confirm Immediately?

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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:

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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- "charles c. soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Alhaji.Bello H. Mohammed" <babatunde.george1979@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmohammedbello@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:04:34 -0700
Subject: Are You Dead Or Alive Confirm Immediately?

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*FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MINISTER:
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE,
Personal Secretary: Alhaji.Bello H. Mohammed
5th Floor, Annex 3, New Federal Secretariat Complex,
Abuja - Nigeria .

Attention Beneficiary

My name is Alhaji.Bello H. Mohammed, I am the personal
Secretary to the New Minister of Finance Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iwuala,
I am directed to contact you by the Minister to urgently confirm
from you if actually you know one Dr. James Baker and Prof. Charles C.
Soludo.
The Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
and his Colleagues who claim to be your business
associate/partner in Nigeria.
The said people are claiming that you are dead
and therefore will like to change all your

Information with us as bonafide beneficiary.
Below is the new banking information where they

wish to have your funds transferred to:

Bank Of America
6901 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73132
ABA Routing: 026009593
ACCT No: 003042656833
ACCT Name: FMS Investments Inc.

This development is coming now that the Ministry
wants to offset all outstanding payments to all
our legal foreign beneficiaries around the world
in which your payment file was affected.
As you may know, this Ministry have approved
amount of USD$9.5Million Dollars in your favor.

We need to confirm from you if it's really true that you
are dead and If we do not hear from you, this automatically
means that you are dead as informed by Dr. James Baker.
As soon as you receive this message, kindly indicate if
you are alive to enable us know true position of things with
you so that we will not make any mistake in remitting your
outstanding payment to a wrong person.

Your swift response to this mail will help a lot,
do email me with your full data information as follows;

Full name:.........................................
Direct telephone numbers:...................
Full home address:..............................
Country of Origin:................................
Profession:..........................................
Age.....................................................
Sex.....................................................
A Scanned Copy of your identity.

Be reminded that in confirming and providing us with this
above out listed data information will definitely confirm to
me whether you are alive or not and to ensure that we are
not dealing with the right person.

Waiting for your response.

Yours Sincerely,

Alhaji.Bello H. Mohammed,
Personal Secretary to the new
Ministry of Finance.
Federal Republic of Nigeria

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