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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: The Minister of Finance <antiunit00@gmail.com>
Reply-To: zainabshamsunaahmed00@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:18:16 -0800
Subject: Have you received your funds?
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*Notification of your payment*
Attention beneficiary,
I am Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed the Minister of Finance and I have been
instructed by our excellency Muhammadu Buhari the president of Nigeria to
make sure that all the foreign beneficiaries received their funds before he
stepped down and handover to the new government this year in 2024.
For this I have the list of the foreign beneficiaries who are yet to
receive their contracts and their heritance funds from the Nigerian banks.
Now if you have already received your funds you indicate that you have
received your fund and if you have not yet received your fund you should
not hesitate to get back immediately to me with your transaction details
where your funds will be transferred into.
Also forward me your full name, your address and your direct cell phone
number for easy communication.
I wait to hear from you as soon as possible because I need to report back
to our excellency President Muhammadu Buhari for those who have already
received their funds and those who are here to receive their funds.
I wait to hear from you soon.
Once again thank you for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed CON
Minister of Finance.
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Feel free to contact my direct Whatsapp number +2349081041333.
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