419 scam: "MINISTRY OF FINANCE"<manager@vaimedia.com> YOUR COMPENSATION FUND.

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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 united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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: "MINISTRY OF FINANCE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kennethdapo@ministryoffinance-nig.at.hm>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 20:09:54 -0000
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION FUND.

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Email: kennethdapo@ministryoffinance-nig.at.hm
Our Ref: NIG/COMP/FUND/2014

YOUR COMPENSATION FUND OF 2.5 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS.

Attention Beneficiary,

I am Mr. Kenneth Dapo from the Federal Ministry of Finance, I am writing you this e-mail to inform you about the compensation to be made by the Federal government of Nigeria and some other bodies like the Nigeria National Petroleum Co-orperation (NNPC), Dagote Group of Companies (DGC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Finance, due to the scam the citizens of Nigeria has done on the internet.

The selection of people to be compensated will be made randomly via internet, so if you luckily receive this e-mail that means you have been selected among the lucky ones to receive the sum of 2.5 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS.

Note that all necessary documentation to make the fund free from any breach of the law has been made by the Federal government of Nigeria, all you have to do now is to contact me with the following information(s) for the claim of your fund.

YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR ADDRESS:
YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER:
YOUR AGE:
YOUR SEX:
YOUR OCCUPATION:

For further information you can contact me via my private contact information:
NAME: Mr. Kenneth Dapo
EMAIL: kennethdapo@ministryoffinance-nig.at.hm

Please you have to abide to all instructions as been directed to make claims easier and efficient.

Thanks,

Mr. Kenneth Dapo.

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