419 scam: "FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF)" <johnson.01col@gmail.com> FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF)

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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:
- "million 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)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "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.
- fmf.77ng@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF)" <johnson.01col@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fmf.77ng@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:54:56 -0700
Subject: FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF)

THE NEW APOINTED MINISTER:
DR. MANSUR MUHTAR (OFR)
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE,
SECRETARY: MRS.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
No 5th Floor, Annex 3,New Federal Secretariat Complex,
Shangri Way, Central Area, Abuja - Nigeria.
Email:contact.(fmf.77ng@gmail.com)

Attention:,

My name is MRS.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,I am the personal Secretary to the
new Minister of Finance,I am directed to contact you by the Minister
to urgently confirm from you if actually you know one Dr.James Baker
and Prof.Charles C.Soludo The Former Governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria and his Colleagues who claim to be your business
associate/partner in Nigeria. The said people are claiming to us that
you are dead that they will like to change all your Information to us
as bonafide beneficiary. Below is the new banking

information where they wish to have this funds transferred to:

Bank Of America
6901 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73132
ABA Routing: 026009593
ACCT No: 003042656833
ACCT Name: FMS Investments Inc.

This development is coming now that the Ministry wants to offset all
outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries around the
world in which your payment file was affected. As you may know, this
Ministry have approved amount of $5.2Million Dollars.in your favour.
We need to confirm from you if it's really true that you are dead and
If we do not hear from you This automatically means that you are
dead as informed by Dr. James Baker.

You are to contact me through my email address(fmf.77ng@gmail.com) as
soon as you receive this message If you are alive as to know the true
position of things with you so that we will not make any mistake in
remitting your outstanding payment to a wrong person. Your swift
response to this mail will.

FILL YOUR INFORMATION BELOW.

Your Full Names.............
Your Account Informations...
Your Direct Phone Number....
country...........
Occupaton........
Copy of ID cards..........

Best Regards,
DR. MANSUR MUHTAR (OFR)
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF)
PERSONAL SECRETARY: MRS.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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