419 scam: "FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE"<federalministryoffinance@fastmail.fm> AUTHORISED TRANSFER OF US$38,400,000.00 TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT

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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:
- "huge deposit" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- mrfrankjoseph43@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedmf.ngr@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:33:41 +0800
Subject: AUTHORISED TRANSFER OF US$38,400,000.00 TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT

Attention:

Let me first apologize if at the end of your reading through this lengthy letter it does not conform to your ethics. I am a serving executive of the federal ministry of finance and economic development, Nigeria. I know that what may be running through your mind now is Nigeria again! A country known for internet and computer crimes; bribery and corruption at a level never before seen and you may not be far from the truth. But another truth is that out of all the unsolicited emails received from this fraudulent country in regards to huge deposition of funds, one is always true! Yes, there are instances where this monies truly exist if you are in contact with the right source.

The next question you should be asking yourself is: am i in contact with the right source? How do i know this is genuine? Hope this is not another scam? So many questions with little or no answer. What i am revealing to you now is nothing but the truth and i hope you are able to keep its knowledge to yourself. I and Two members of the ministry of finance and economic development are in custody of the sum of US $192,000,000 meant as payment to five fund beneficiaries for contracts executed with the Nigerian Government in 2009 and this sums are now ready for due disbursement to its intended beneficiaries. Originally the number of contractors to be paid, amounts to just four but we decided to sneak an extra in for our own interest(which you may now consider selfish!), the world is not an honest place either and we have got families to take care of.

We sincerely seek your consent to present you as one of the five fund beneficiaries to be paid part of this huge funds of which if agreed to, the sum to be forwarded to your bank account will amount to US$38,400,000 I know you might also be thinking right now that this is criminal!, but let me shock you a little, it is a regular occurrence in the Nigerian system, it is a norm and past efforts to cleanse it has met with brick-walls hence our involvement. If you are willing to assist on this transaction, do inform me accordingly via the email contained herein: mrfrankjoseph43@gmail.com, so that i could explain further the modalities required in claiming the above mentioned fund sum for imminent disbursement to your home bank account. If on the other hand you still think this is unethical, kindly disregard this letter and move on!

Sincerely,
Mr Frank Joseph,
Ministry of Finance, Nigeria.

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