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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "atm card department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "farida waziri" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- info.fmf.govng@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- , nigeria website: www.fmf.gov.ng service email: info.fmf.govng@gmail.com attention: beneficiary re: your payment notification (atm (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA" <Info@fmf.gov.ng>
Reply-To: info.fmf.govng@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 08:55:04 +0200
Subject: GOOD NEWS

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From: The Office of The Federal Ministry of Finance
Honorable Minister of Finance
Abuja , Nigeria
Website: www.fmf.gov.ng
Service Email: info.fmf.govng@gmail.com

Attention: Beneficiary

Re: your payment notification (ATM Mode of Payment)

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract
inheritance file presently on my desk, and we found out that you have not
received your payment due to lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the
obligations giving to you in respect to your contract /inheritance and
lottery payment through your payment bank. Secondly, you are hereby advice
to stop dealing with them and the non-officials in the bank as this is an
illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment
immediately neither through contract payment, inheritance(next of kin) and
lottery payment, involve is E.g. ( Nigeria , Africa, Europe and London ,
U.K). After the board meeting held at our headquarters with the new
honorable minister of finance Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Head of Operation Atm Card Department Federal Ministry of Finance. Mrs.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem
and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through our ATM Swift
Card payment center, which is then instruction given by our ministry of
finance This payment center through ministry of finance will send you an
ATM card which you will use to withdraw your (fund) money in an ATM Machine
in any part of the world, but the maximum is ($15,000.00) five thousand US
Dollars per transaction.

If you like to receive your fund this way, $15,000 USD for you to withdraw
for a day and each transaction is $3,000 USD minimum which you have to
withdraw $15,000 UDS for one working day also be informed that the total
amount in the Swift ATM card is $10 million USD.

(1) Your full name:.....................
(2) Your address where you want the payment center to send your ATM card
Through UPS Service:.............
(3) Phone and fax number.........
(4) Age and Occupation..........
(5) Your nearest international air port in your city of
Residence............
(6) Mode of payment: ATM card.

We shall be expecting to receive your information's, you have to stop any
further communication With anybody or office and not to send that thousands
of dollar to them because we are investigating on your transaction through
the Chairman of the Economic and financial crime commission (EFCC) in the
person of Mrs. Farida Waziri, more also United State Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) and International Crime Police (INTERPOL). On this
regards, do not hesitate to contact me for more details and direction, and
also please do update me with any new development and send all the email
you have receive so far to my office, for expedite action on this matter

We look forward to serving you better, Reply to this email address only:
service email: info.fmf01@gmail.com, so that your ATM CARD can be issue to
you.

Thanks for your co-operation and Waiting to hear from you soonest.

Best regards

Ms. Amal inyingiala pepple, (OON)
Permanent secretary to Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Head of Operation Atm Card Department Federal Minister of Finance

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