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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Okonjo Iweala <okonjoiweala81@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Okonjo Iweala <nigerianfinanceminister@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:29:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Nigerian Minister of Finance


>From the desk of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria
 Plot 820 Uyo 2 Area 11 Garki Abuja

  
As part of an ongoing annual Foreign Payments Reconciliation Exercise (FPRE), the committee was instituted by the Federal Ministry of Finance with a mandate to review cases of pending international payments and make settlements as appropriate. Our investigations reveal that you have been through various bureaucratic difficulties in a bid to secure the release of your fund, especially as it concerns payment of official charges. Consequently we advice that you stop further communication with any local representatives concerning same, We knew your representatives here in Nigeria or anywhere, we advise you to still go ahead with them, which will be on your own risk, if you proceed with them.  As it is evidence that you have met the requirements. An initial sum of USD17, 000,000.00 (seventeen Million United States Dollars) only will be paid to you as part of your pending payment.

 

Please contact Mr. Alexander Tombini of central Bank of Brazil: email (bancodebrazilitau@gmail.com) you should please re-confirm these details for purposes of verification. Right now you fund has been move out of Nigerian  to brazil , for best reason , and if you continue working or sending your money to Nigerians ,note that you are at your own risk , and do not let the imposter to know that you fund is in brazil

Please contact
Mr. Alexander Tombini
of central Bank of Braz with your full information
email: bancodebrazilitau@gmail.com

1) YOUR FULL NAME.............................
2) YOUR AGE.......................................
3) MARITAL STATUS................................
4) YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER…………..
5) YOUR FAX NUMBER……………….....
6) YOUR COUNTRY………………..............
7) YOUR OCCUPATION............................
8) SEX................................................
9) YOUR RELIGION.................................
10) YOUR PRIVATE E-MAIL ADRESS...........

Note that this is the second and final notice on this subject. Your USD17, 00,000.00 (seventeen Million United States Dollars) only will reflect in your designated Bank account within three Bank working days.
  
Yours sincerely.
MRS Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigerian Minister of Finance



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