419 scam: "Dr. Yerima Lawan Ngama"<gina@asia-plastics.com> Get back to me with your delivery address.

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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:
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Yerima Lawan Ngama" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dinncai@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 22:00:01 +0100
Subject: Get back to me with your delivery address.

Dr. Yerima Lawan Ngama
Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF)
Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Business District
Abuja, Nigeria
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Know About Me Website Link Below.
Link: http://www.fmf.gov.ng/the-ministry/management-team/minister-of-state-finance.html
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Attn:

My Name is Dr. Yerima Lawan Ngama Honourable Minister of State for Finance, The States are Holding Over $10 Billion in Unclaimed Money and due to my investigation with the help of your country Embassy i found out you have not received your Winning Prize for 2011 MicroSoft Lotto Draws held in Lagos Nigeria and was sponsored by the U.S Embassy and United Nation Organisation.

Your Email won in the 1st Category draws the sum of $300,000usd and your winning file was marked as unclaimed all this while, Your country Embassy have assisted a lot to make sure your file is stamped and payment is given to you as the right owner of the Prize ($300,000usd) and we also got yor contact email from your Embassy.

The sum of $300,000usd will be given to you through a Premium Master Credit Card with security Pin and ownership document which can be used to make withdraw from any ATM Machine in your Country and also make Transaction world wide and your daily limit withdraw is $10,000 per day.

Get back to me with your delivery address and phone number you can be reached immediately the dispatcher get to your city.

Await your reply and the required details so i can inform you what to do next to enable the delivery commence.

Have a wonderful Day.

Dr. Yerima Lawan Ngama
Honourable Minister of State for Finance

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