419 scam: BUDGET OFFICE OF THE FEDERATION <toprakdokum@toprak.com.tr> Your cooperation needed

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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:
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "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.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- budgetoffice@volny.cz (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BUDGET OFFICE OF THE FEDERATION <toprakdokum@toprak.com.tr>
Reply-To: <dgbudgetoffice1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 18:19:17 -0700
Subject: Your cooperation needed

BUDGET OFFICE OF THE FEDERATION
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT,
P.M.B. 251 AMADU BELLO WAY GERKI,
ABUJA FCT, NIGERIA.
EMAIL: budgetoffice@volny.cz

Attention: Beneficiary,

This is to notify you of a new order on the release of your approved funds. You have been reported to be sick and hospitalized for about Two months now by your representative Engr. Williams Okon and your wife Mrs. Latrina. She has forwarding the below account for the transfer of your long overdue approved sum of US$5M as instructed by you with power of attorney tendered to us today.

Please Verify these information;

Bank Name: AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK
Address: 700 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96815 USA.
Account Name: Latrina M. King
Account Number: 8002999709
Swift Code: 321370765

An official memo was given to this office after the meeting that was held this morning in the presidential village Aso-Rock Abuja to contact and proceed with payment of your approved Funds by informing you that the former bank in charge of your payment being Oceanic Bank Plc, Skye Bank, Union Bank, Eco Bank, ETC is no longer in charge of this payment as the Budget office will appoint an overseas Bank where your long overdue funds would be paid from.

I wish to inform you that your (US$5M) outstanding payment has been approved and ready to be paid but we want to confirm first from you the beneficiary before we proceed and order the overseas Bank to release the approved sum to the above account.

I will require you to get back to this office with your decision and we will take it from there.

Yours in service,

Mr. Tijjani Mohammed Abdullahi
{FCNA}
DG BUDGET OFFICE

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