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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: "Mrs.Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed" <federalministeroffice@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 02:06:56 -0800
Subject: Re: Urgent Attn:

Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning,
Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria,
Website: info@finance.​gov.
Mrs.Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed
Honourable Minister of Finance
Federal minister For finance

Attention:,

The Federal Ministry of Finance is the government body that manages
the finances of the Federal Government of Nigeria, including managing,
controlling and monitoring federal revenues and Foreign payment/ expenditures.

My Name is Mrs.Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, The Honorable Minister of
Finance Federal Republic Of Nigeria, This is to bring to your
attention that the federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership
of President General Muhammadu Buhari wants your unpaid funds valued
the sum of $10.7million to be released in your account within 1week by
this ministry after many banks have failed to do so for very many
years and i want to assure you that i will follow the instructions of
the President and make the release of your funds into any account that
you the beneficiary will prescribe.

The Senate president have release the international funds transfer
completion Certificate of your funds release and it has been signed by
the President and all you are expected to do is to get back to me with
the account details where you want your funds to be wired and i will
oblige and to do what is needful to make the transfer within 1week as
mandated by the President.

You are to use to use this Direct Email Address:(fmfdeptnig@gmail.com)
and contact the Finance payment department with your complete Banking
and personal details as listed below and reconfirm same to me as well
so we proceed with due Process.

YOUR FULL NAME
BANK NAME
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER
BANK ADDRESS
BANK SWIFT CODE/ROUTING NUMBER
BENEFICIARY ADDRESS
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER
OCCUPATION

Waiting for your maximum Cooperation

From Mrs.Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed
Honorable Minister of Finance
Federal Republic Of Nigeria

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