419 scam: Hon John Koskinen <"www."@rondo.ocn.ne.jp> CONTACT MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY IMMEDIATELY

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "transfer into your account" (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)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",500,000" (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.
- ministeroffinanceconomy@minister.com (Minister; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Hon John Koskinen <"www."@rondo.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: officedlc365@citromail.hu
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:03:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CONTACT MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY IMMEDIATELY

MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY
MinistÃ¨re de l'Economie et des Finances (MEF)

* Contact

English | FranÃ§ais

Attention Funds Beneficiary

Amount: $9,500,000.00 USD

We write to acknowledge the receipt of the email letter sent to us by Robert Reeg of the MasterCard International to us regarding the transfer of your fund totaled at $9,500,000.00 (Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Following our meeting with the Minister of Finance and Economy regarding guideline of the funds transfer protocol (FTP), all transfer formalities have been completed, signed and endorsed in guidelines with the Funds Remittance Act.
Your fund will be transferred into any of your chosen account as soon as you have made the payment and as such the transfer will reflect into your account in 48 Hours from the time of the transfer.

Furthermore, your winning prize delivery logistics will be superintended by our regional representative office in Republic of Benin as was indicated in your winning coupon slip.

It is mandatory you operate an account in guidelines with the Funds Remittance Act. As part of the funds transfer protocol (FTP), You are advised to provide us with a form of identification/ID which will include the information's stated below:

Bank Name:..................................
Bank Address:...............................
Account Name:...............................
Account Number:.............................
Swift Code:.................................
Scanned Copy of Your International Passport or Driverâ€™s License:

Send the above details to the Honourable Minister and request for your account balance with the transferring Bank (UBA BANK Plc) :

Le Ministre
Monsieur Romuald WADAGNI
Ministre de lâ€™Economie et des Finance

Email: ministeroffinanceconomy@minister.com

Be advised to contact the above E-mail and kindly provide the necessary verification detail to enable us forward your personal identification details to the transferring Bank for documentation and prompt transfer into your account.

Note: Please be informed that you will be charged for the release of your Uniform Commercial Code Number to enable the transfer process of your fund into your designated bank account with .

The bank will have to put in effect the creation of your temporary online account for the deposition of your funds which will enable your funds transferred to the bank account provided to this institution.

Note that your account with the UBA bank is currently inactive; in this case transfers cannot be completed.

As soon as the information's requested above is received, we will commence the process of creating your account with us and eventually the transfer information's will be released to you.

Congratulations

Have a wonderful day as we look forward to hearing from you.

Yours in-service,

Mr. Bernard Adeyemi
Director Remittance/Transfer Department Operation Unit

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