419 scam: "Honorable Minister of Finance" <info.presidencyng1960@gmail.com> OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "your payment is being processed" (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)
- "lamido aminu sanusi" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348096697998 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- infofgn@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Honorable Minister of Finance" <info.presidencyng1960@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infofgn@aol.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 07:26:46 -0300 (UYT)
Subject: OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE

THE PRESIDENCY
OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
ABUJA- NIGERIA

Attention:
This is to officially inform you that the presidency federal republic of
Nigeria and the entire members of the federal house of senate, federal
ministry of finance, national assembly under the auspices of the new
civilian head of state, president Goodluck Jonathon and the governor of
central bank of Nigeria Mr. Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi, held a meeting
with others stake holders at the federal executive council concerning
outstanding debt/payment both foreign and local contractors and
inheritance funds.

On going through some files, we discovered that most files was dumped
untreated and yours was included, regarding to our deliberation at the
council meeting we discover that your name was next on the list to be
paid, so at this juncture we apologize for the delay of your payment, and
I have this good news for you that your payment is being processed and
will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.

Also note that the total sum of us$6.750,000.00 (six million, seven
hundred and fifty thousand united states dollars only) being part payment
of your funds had reflected in our systems for your payment and we want
you to reconfirm all information's to authenticate the validity for the
payment of your funds via any of the payment modes.

Here is your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632
Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit
Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No:
-1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013, Having received these vital payment
confirmation numbers? You are to contact the below office with your full
details for further directive:

Your Full Name: _________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not
P.O.BOX): ______________________________
Name of City of Residence : _______________________________
Country: ____________________________________
Direct Telephone Number: ____________________________________
Mobile Number: ____________________________________
Number: ___________________________________
Occupation: ________________________________

There are the offices you are to contact:
Director-General, Debt Management Office
NAME: Dr.Abraham Nwankwo
EMAIL: infofgn@aol.com
TELEPHONE: +2348096697998

You are to stop all further communication with any office now because we
have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming and out going
calls, if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those
fraudsters that have been frustrating, I shall stop and cancel your
payment immediately

Yours Sincerely
Mr.Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga (Segun)
Honorable Minister of Finance
For Federal Republic of Nigeria

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