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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: "Kemi" <Kemi@yopmail.com>
Reply-To: fmf.nig70@mailbox.sk
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:08:53 -0800
Subject: Your Payment

Attn:Beneficiary,
Citing the strong business tie between the people of Americans,and the people of Africa, the Federal Ministry of Finance(FMF) in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are conducting an investigation to worldwide fraud practices that are known as "Advance fee-fraud" or "419-fraud".

This Joint Task Force is saddled with the responsibility to check, probe and investigate cases that center on abuse of office, diversion of public funds and property, mismanagement and stealing of public funds at the Federal, States and International levels and other Corrupt Practices within the shores of the Africa Continent.

The Federal Ministry of Finance(FMF) has also received several complaints from various affected beneficiaries from all over the world who have been swindled off their hard earned monies and has not received their funds hitherto.
We are not unaware that you have not received your fund due to the past corrupt Government Officials who has frustrated and subjected you to various insensitive procedures, all in their selfish bid to swindle your fund into their personal accounts abroad.

At this juncture, you are advised to refrain from any activities or dealing with any anonymous African(s), as we have been mandated to control this payment exercise by ensuring that all funds owed to every individual beneficiary or organizations are duly paid to them without delay.
Therefore, you are enjoined to rely on the conventional integrity of the Federal Ministry of Finance(FMF) and the constitutional processes to effect the release of your payment.

To this effect, we wish to gladly inform you that from the calculated sum of US$4.5 Billion from the World Bank for the Africa Debts Resolution, you have been approved to receive a part-payment sum of US$25 Million only, and you will have to receive your funds in form of bank to transfer direct into your account or Automated Teller Card commonly known as ATM Card, alongside a custom pin number which you will use to make withdrawals of your funds from any Inter-switched ATM machines. The ATM card has a handbook or manual
to enlighten you about how to use it.

Therefore, we would appreciate if you would forward to me your
personal information as listed below:

1.Your names:...........................................
2.Gender:..........................................
3.Age:..................................
4.Address:.....................................
5.Country/State of origin:....................................
6.Profession:.................................
7.Mobile phone no:......................................
8.A Copy of Photo I.D.

We want you to know that above requested information will officially enable the us to re validate your documents in other to reconcile and effect your payment in accordance to the payment guideline of the
World Bank.
You are strictly advised to contact me and forward the following contact details as listed above.

This Memorandum is meant to inform you that your funds are no longer in the hands of those mischievous officials, as the World Bank has perfectly upgraded your fund into the ATM visa Card and you have to contact me for guideline on how to receive your ATM visa Card without no delay.
This way, we are confident to avoid further encumbrances and also impede the Nigerian Government from imposing unnecessary principle and taxes on your funds.

Please note that due to the high rates of scams, impersonation and funds diversion among some top officials in the Nigerian Government, we have deem it important to give you a prompt tip off to stop communicating with those cheats because they would only aggravate your efforts and of course ravage our collective efforts.

Finally, with the World Bank Payment Clearing Platforms, we are overconfident that you will receive your funds in as much as you abide to our guidelines and stop corresponding to any person(s) beside us.
I may say here that only a person who wants to be defrauded by scammers will be so defrauded as a result of ignoring these services.

Thank You and may God bless our endeavors.
Please do govern yourself accordingly.
Awaits your immediate response.
Thank you.
Mrs.Kemi Adeosun,
Minister of Finance.

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