419 scam: "FMF"<officemail@ninfan.com> RE: FINAL DATE: 15/10/2019

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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:
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "FMF" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fmfofficemail@sanfranmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:31:28 +0200
Subject: RE: FINAL DATE: 15/10/2019



                                             PRESIDENCY

                            OFFICE OF THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

                                     AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

RE: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION / FINAL ORDER.

This is to draw your attention of your unclaimed contract payment with the Federal Government and

authorization has been passed to effect the payment on behalf of the Federal Government, We have

officially noticed lot of irregularities attached to your contract payment file.

(1) Did you at any time delegate any person to claim your contract payment on your behalf?

(2) Were you involved in a motor accident?

(3) Are you aware or related to one Mr. Gorovenko Ivanovich from your country?

Please reconfirm and answer the above questions. An individual called Mr. Gorovenko Ivanovich came

o our office foreign contract payment department and submitted an application that you have

authorized the release of your contract payment of £32.9M (Thirty-Two Million Nine Hundred Thousand

British Pounds Sterling) to be paid into a bank account with the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS).

Account number UBS- 943BDG99. With the report that you are now paralyzed as a result of the

ghastly motor accident occurred last month.

Following the official protocols, you are to forward to us a copy of your Power of Attorney authorizing

Mr. Gorovenko Ivanovich to effect the contract payment on your behalf as requested.

Thanks for your co-operation

Best Regard

Mr. Isa- Duste

Secretary to the Minister of Finance

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