419 scam: PAYMENTOFFICE PAYMENTOFFICE <paymentofficefinance@gmail.com> STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL!!!!!!!!! Treat as urgent

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: PAYMENTOFFICE PAYMENTOFFICE <paymentofficefinance@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anthonymore96@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:57:01 +0100
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL!!!!!!!!! Treat as urgent

>From Office of Dr Usman Barau
federal ministry of finance
CONTRACT NUMBER:NNPC/PED/WR-PH/2000

AMOUNT:$ 9 MILLION (USD)

Dear,

With due respect, I am Dr Usman Barau with the federal ministry of
finance. I was instructed by the Hon. Minister of Finance to find out
before the end of this month, why your contract/ claim of your fund
have not been credited to your bank account, after instructions has
been passed to all various Government parastatals that all over due
contract/ claim payments should be released as a lot of petitions by
beneficiary's is being received by the Minister.

Your bank details is what this office requires from you to reconfirm,
with your telephone and fax numbers respectively, and any other
information.

However, why have you not received your payment up-till date? In view
of this circumstances, I will give my assistance to make sure your
file is in order for payment as two unknown people came for the claim
of the funds and submitted bank account claiming that you are sick.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Usman Barau

WE NEED YOUR URGENT ANSWER

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