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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "DR. MRS NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drngoziokonjoiwualai@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:01:51 -0700
Subject: RE-CONFIRM TO ME

                                                       21st September, 2012
 
 
This is to inform you that the Federal Government of Nigeria decided in a Federal Executive council meeting held today to release all foreign debts to their beneficiaries from Nigeria foreign reserved account with Standard Chartered Bank United Kingdom to allow transparency in the process as the activities of dubious government officials and Central Bank of Nigeria have proven to be responsible for the mess in the process  initiated by previous administrations  in  Nigeria to ensure the release of Contract Inheritance funds to their beneficiaries.
 
In view of this decision, His Excellency the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Ebele Goodluck Jonathan  has mandated me by virtue of my position as the  Minister  of Finance Federal Republic of  Nigeria to liaise with the management of Standard Chartered Bank United Kingdom and foreign Contract Inheritance beneficiaries to ensure that all outstanding Contract inheritance benefits are released to their verified beneficiaries from the nation foreign reserved account with Standard Chartered  as mentioned above  before the end of 2012 fiscal year and submit payment report directly to his office.
 
Having being mandated to be personally / directly responsible for this exercise as to account for the process, re-confirm the under listed data of your person directly to me as thus:
 
[a] Surname, first name and middle name
[b] Current state of resident / country
[c] Scan copy of your means of identification / Driver's License
[d] Direct telephone line / Fax
[e] Profession/ position
 
As listed above is the information  required from you by me to transfer your payment file to Standard Chartered Bank management to commence the process of releasing the Contract Inheritance sum [$2,500,000] Two million five hundred USD to you as appeared in the file.
 
Federal Government of Nigeria mandated me as the chief economic officer of the nation / its Finance Minister to be personally responsible for this scheme hence, submit this information directly to my personal email and do not communicate to any official of Federal Government of Nigeria and its Central Bank for the release of the aforementioned amount to you as all correspondence should be sent directly to me , I will not be liable for any arrangement for the release of the  aforesaid amount to you that I am not part of.
 
Yours Faithfully,
 
For Federal Government of Nigeria
 
Dr. Mrs Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
 
Minister of Finance Federal Republic Of Nigeria
 
Direct mobile +2348129023789
Private mail address [drngoziokonjoiwualai@hotmail.com]

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