419 scam: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MONETARY DEPT <drfemiwilliams01@gmail.com> FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Fact- Finding & Foreign Debt Payment Commission

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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.
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.
- keystone_bnkplc@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MONETARY DEPT <drfemiwilliams01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: keystone_bnkplc@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 12:23:51 -0800
Subject: FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Fact- Finding & Foreign Debt Payment Commission

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Dear.Beneficiary

Am Mr Alexander Esthon secretary to the chairman united nations/
international monetary fund investigating unit This is to let you know
that the president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari and the United
Nations,in-conjunction with the
Senate Committee on Debt Management and Ministry of Finance has
instructed that 15 scam victims should be paid a Compensation fee of
$3.5million.Get back to me if you want to be part of this new
Resolution and do not communicate or

duplicate this message to any one As, the US secret service, FBI, and
ICPC are already on trace of the Remaining criminals.

The payments are to be paid through Federal Reserve Account
Unit,Funding assistance by the KEY STONE BANK NIGERIA PL C and our
affiliate bank in Europe Standard Chartered Bank London

You are to receive your compensations payment via any of the below Options:

(1) BANK TO BANK TRANSFER
(2) ATM SWIFT MASTER PAYMENT.
(3) ONLINE TRANSFER

Let us know your choice of payment as I will not disclose further
Information's until I hear from you.

Note that you are not under force or any obligation to comply with
this instruction or take advantage of this exercise, as we will not
tolerate any form of unnecessary delay, otherwise your payment file
will be closed and your approved compensation cancelled

Yours faithfully,
Mr Alexander Esthon

Contact Name Mr Hafiz Bakare
Private Email: keystone_bnkplc@yahoo.com

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