419 scam: "Mrs.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala" <office.mrs.ngozi1@gmail.com> Re:Deliver Of Your ATM Card

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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)
- "you are required to pay " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
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.
- office.mrsngozi4@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala" <office.mrs.ngozi1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: office.mrsngozi4@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 18:37:16 +0100
Subject: Re:Deliver Of Your ATM Card

From the Desk of:
Mrs.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Dated:16nd Mar,2022
Email: office.mrsngozi4@gmail.com

YOUR PRAYERS TRULYHEALED MY ILLNESS

Attention: Sir/Madam,

I am delighted to inform you that your prayers over my cancer illness
yielded positive results hence am now free, healthier to the glory of
God. Indeed, what delighted me most is my current appointment as the
Director of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

However, I have gone back to my base in Geneva, Switzerland after the
Christmas/New Year break. And to my utmost surprise when I visited the
Bank in Nigeria during my annual vacation, I discovered that you are
yet to receive your ATM Master Card with a sum tune of US$3.8 Million
which I had instructed the bank to release payment on your behalf as
compensation for the wrong I did to you while in office back then as
the Nigerian Finance Minister.

Indeed, I had threatened to sue the bank for the delay but I was told
that all that is needed to deliver your ATM Card to you now is just
delivery cost of US$568 including VAT which I had paid on your behalf.
The only fee the bank manager said you have to pay depending on when
you get in touch with the Bank is just the Safety-Keeping fee of
US$128 only.

Therefore, kindly contact the Bank now hence I'm now in Geneva,
Switzerland. The only fee you are required to pay is just their
Safety-Keeping fee of US$128 only. No more !!. Waiting to here back
from you urgently.

Yours in Service,

Mrs.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director General (WTO)
World Trade Organization

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