419 scam: " HON. MRS. KEMI ADEOSUN Ministr of Finance Nigeria Tel: +234-9091728899 " <sanusilamidosanusi07@gmail.com> WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2349091728899 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- kemiade22@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " HON. MRS. KEMI ADEOSUN Ministr of Finance Nigeria Tel: +234-9091728899 " <sanusilamidosanusi07@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kemiade22@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 03:40:36 -0800
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

FROM THE DESK OF MRS. KEMI ADEOSUN
Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF)
Address: Ahmadu Bello Way,
Central Business District Abuja, Nigeria
PMB 14, Abuja, Nigeria Abuja FCT 00234 Nigeria
Email: kemiade22@yahoo.com
Direct Tel: +234-9091728899

Good Day

I'm Hon. Honorable Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Chief Director of Finance
Officer of the Ministry of Finance of Nigeria. We wish to urgently
confirm from you if actually you know one Mrs. Cynthia Edward who
claims to be your business associate/partner. Kindly reconfirm this
application put in by Mrs. Cynthia Edward - she submitted the under
listed bank account information supposedly sent by you to receive the
funds on your behalf. The bank information she applied with are stated
thus:

Account Name: Cynthia Edward
Bank name: Citi Bank NA
Bank address: #1230 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Account Number: 013439887655
Routing Number: 2771722
Swift Code: CITIUS30

The said Mrs. Cynthia Edward has claimed to this office that you are
dead and have Instructed that all relevant documentation/Information
regarding your Payment/Transfer, be changed to her as the beneficiary
of the payment short-listed among the foreign beneficiaries entitled
to receive their payment. For your Information, this Government has
approved the total Amount of US$10,500,000.00 (TEN MILLION, FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY,) in your favor, prior to
the Federal Government of Nigeria instructions/mandate to offset all
outstanding payments to the various legal foreign beneficiaries around
the world and your payment file was affected. We need to confirm from
you if it's really true that you are dead as made mention by your
Associate.

You should note that, if we do not hear from you, we automatically
assume that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by
Mrs. Cynthia Edward is correct. Hence, you are hereby requested to
reply this Email immediately for confirmation, before we proceed with
this payment and for us to know the true position of things with you
so that we won't make any mistakes/errors in remitting your
out-standing payment to a wrong person/account. Lastly, you are advice
to reply back this email and reconfirm the details of this message if
truly you're alive.

Full Name....................................
Direct Telephone Number......................
Address......................................
Age..........................................
Occupation...................................
Country......................................
Bank Name....................................
Bank Address.................................
Bank Account.................................
Account Type.................................

Your quick response will help us a lot.

Yours, Sincerely,

HON. MRS. KEMI ADEOSUN
Ministr of Finance Nigeria
Tel: +234-9091728899

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