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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: "Federal Ministry of Finance" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fmf_secretary@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:47:27 +0700
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary, Are You Dead Or Alive About Your Fund?

FROM THE NEWLY ELECTED MINISTER:
MRS NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA (OFR)
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
ADDRESS:PLOS 745 & 746 AHMADU BELLO WAY, CENTRA AREA P.M.B 14 GARIKI ABUJA.
WEBSITE:http://www.fmf.gov.ng
SECRETARY:MR JUDE CHUKUWEMEKA

Attention:Beneficiary

My name is Mr Jude Chukuwemeka I'm the personal Secretary to the new Minister Of Finance, I'm directed to contact by the Minister to urgently confirm from you if actually you know one DR DANIEL BELLO who claim to be your business associate/partner in Nigeria

The said Dr DANIEL BELLO is claiming to us that you are dead and he will like to change all the information that you gave to us as our bona fide beneficiary. Below is the new banking information were he wish to have this fund transferred to:-

Bank Of America
6901 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, Oklhoma 73132
Phone:405-733-1683
Fax:405-722-6005
ABA:103000017 (all other)
ABA:026009593 (International)
ACCT #:003042656833
ACCT NAME: FMS Investiments Inc.
Signatory: Floyd M. Shealy

This development is coming now that the Ministry want to offset all our duly outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries around the world in which your payment file was affected.

As you may know, the total amount in your favour is a total sum of us$12.6M Dollars. We need to confirm from if it's really true that you are dead and if we did not hear from you, it automatically means that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by Dr DANIEL BELLO is correct.

You are to contact me through my email address as you receive this message so as to know the true position of things with you so that we would not make any mistake in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong person/account.

Your swift response will help this ministry alot. Do email me with your Full Name and Direct Phone Number for an easy communication. Your age and occuption to this effect.

Best Regards,

MRS NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA (OFR)
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
SECRETARY:MR JUDE CHUKUWEMEKA

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