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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: Vann <abcde@sunmail.cn>
Reply-To: <selinavann@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 05:00:05 -0800
Subject: Payment Notification


NOTICE TO ALL THE 22 SHORT-LISTED BENEFICIARIES.


SUB: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

This payment notification is issued to all the 22 beneficiaries who have been short-listed for payment this quarter payment exercise.

The Federal Government of Nigeria under the Administration of the Nigeria executive President, President Muhammadu Buhari in collaboration with the International Fund Repatriation and Debt Management Units with the new Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, has announced the release of funds to these categories of Beneficiaries. This was announced by President Muhammadu Buhari in Malta with other World Leaders for Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). This category includes beneficiaries whose funds originated from Nigeria and other United Nations Countries. Recall that the President has assured the International Communities of immediate settlement of these debts during his earlier visit to President Barack Obama.

In view of Boko Haram terrorists and other security challenges facing Nigeria at this critical moment of which the sponsors of such bad acts have not yet been fully identified, the Nigeria/UN/US joint committee resolved that every bank account of beneficiaries will be duly authenticated and accredited by the Federal Ministry of Finance. Beneficiaries' receiving bank account will also be duly normalized in the Federal High Court.

For details of this payment program, you are kindly referred to the attached Newspaper Publication herein, where your name has been short-listed for immediate transfer of your fund into your bank account.

Note: If you receive this notification and your name is not on the list
in the attached newspaper publication, then you are not eligible and should not respond to this notice. Only those listed in the publication are eligible for payment. Please read the Newspaper Publication attached herein properly and comply fully with the directives.

Finally, the "Account Normalization Form" is attached herein. You are required to fill/complete it and return via attachment.

You are advised to stop further communication with any office or official; local or foreign regarding your fund release as the Committee has stopped all onshore/offshore offices from handling your fund. All the beneficiaries' funds in local or foreign banks, local or foreign offices have been recalled to the Federal Government Reserve(FGR) through Federal Ministry of Finance and shall be paid/repatriated to the beneficiary through this office, Federal Ministry of Finance with immediate effect. You are also requested to keep your payment release procedures confidential in order not to allow unauthorised officials/impostors access into your fund release procedures so that they will not discourage you nor sabotage the good effort of this payment exercise. This notification is thereby confidential.


Yours sincerely,
Ms Selina Vann,
Office of the Permanent secretary,
Federal Ministry of Finance,
Headquarters, Ahmadu Bello Way,
Central Business District,
Garki, Abuja, Nigeria
selinavann@yahoo.com

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