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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: <drjohnbensonfinance.gov.ng@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:19:31 +0200
Subject: Your Atm Card Payment has been approved.



OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
Website: https://www.finance.gov.ng

Dear Sir,

We have on the 22nd of February, 2021 received a payment credit instruction from the Federal Government of Nigeria in collaboration with IMF and World Bank to credit your account with your full contract funds valued at $7.7Million (Seven Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars) from the government reserve account with our bank through ATM.

This is to notify you that your funds have been programmed for immediate release but we can not transfer this fund direct to your account, because we are having a little problem with International Monetary Fund (IMF) so our method of payment is by ATM.

Therefore, be informed that every arrangement regarding your cash payment through ATM has been made and will be released to you as soon as you reply this email .

The amount to be credited into the ATM is not the total amount but $3.7million. In accordance with World Bank and IMF recommendations, all transaction must follow the due process principal therefore you are advised to reconfirm to me your private receiving address and your telephone number as soon as you are replying this email.

I advise you to get back to me for more update.

Yours Faithfully,
(Mr. John C Benson)
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

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