419 scam: Ministry of Finance <adamst@edzone.net> Compliments of the Season!!!

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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:
- "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.
- imf.monetaryfund222@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ministry of Finance <adamst@edzone.net>
Reply-To: imf.monetaryfund222@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 11:40:00 +0100
Subject: Compliments of the Season!!!

--
Compliments of the Season!!!

In accordance with my religious persuasion, I felt expedient to write
and
inform you on the wicked conspiracy hatched by the duo of JUSTICE T.Y
Waziri and Mr. Lanre Williams of the Ministry of Finance and some of the
Finance Ministry staffs with numerous fake names to divert your money to
their designated account in Europe. From my position as a lowly clerk in
this office, I discovered that they moved the fund from Africa to
London,
The UK and then moved it last week to Banco Italiano in ITALY. Today I
found out through the Central computer database that they are about to
re-route back your fund to Africa. With this, I felt that it is
important
for me to alert you on this development.

They are still using your name and contract/inheritance identification
number as the beneficiary but they have changed the account co-ordinate
and
this is the reason they are frustrating you by asking for endless fees
in
other to buy time pending on when they will transfer your funds to their
the designated account in the Cayman Islands.

I have the reference number of the transaction and also I have the
number
of the official who is directly in charge of the financial safe vault
security company in the USA. Your payment is supposed to go through the
UK
credit control financial clearinghouse before final Lodged into the
financial safe security vault in the USA. All the data about your claim
profile are within my reach. I do not need gratification from you either
in
cash or kind. I can never be a part of evil.

Please respect my discretion in this matter, you can send an email to
the
an officer with the Below reference

Transaction Reference No: BJ4587ZRY
Registration No: QZR4545/BN-DIP/09
Track No: 8579568710
Registered as 'Special diplomatic class delivery' SDCD.?
Content: $7,800,000.00 million (USD1000 ) 2020 Series Bearer Bonds
Issued
by BCEE

The Name of the officer is: Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva
Her Email: imf.monetaryfund222@gmail.com
She the official in charge and the IMF Managing Director

I repeat, please do not expose my person, it is not easy to get jobs
around
here and I cannot contend with these powerful individuals because they
can
eliminate me just like that. You can reach me through my private email

God bless you.

Mr.Mike Adam
Llb Hons Clark
Ministry of Finance

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