419 scam: "Ministry Of Finnace"<admin@zont-travel.com> Compensation Payment Claim

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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:
- "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
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.
- centbanknig2014@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ministry Of Finnace" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <centbanknig2014@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:18:31 -0700
Subject: Compensation Payment Claim

Attention: Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your inheritance file and found out why you have not received your payment since the past regime is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your inheritance payment.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with none officials in the bank and all your attempt to secure the release of the fund to you has been abortive. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act like this have to stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to step into your problem. Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift ATM card payment center that is the latest instruction from the newly appointed President, Muhammadu Buhari (gcfr) president federal republic of Nigeria and federal ministry of finance.

This card center will send you an atm card which you will use to withdraw your money in any atm machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is three thousand dollars per day, so if you wish to receive your fund this way please let us know by contacting the card payment center and also send the following information to enable him proceed immediately:

First name :.
Last Name :.
Age: ...
Gender: ..
Your address: ..
E-mail address:
Phone: ..
Mobile phone.
Fax :.
Occupation:.
Country:

However, kindly find below the contact person:
Dr.Chukwubueze Egobia
Director Foreign Affairs
Email: centbanknig2014@gmail.com

The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out $10,000,000.00 as part payment for this first fiscal year 2017. Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your ATM payment.

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issue you our code of conduct, which is (atm-222) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card center by using it as your subject.

Best regards,
Honorable Minister
Jerry Eke

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