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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: Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed <cbnatmpaymentdept.general@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ministryoffinancenigeria01@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:06:53 +0100
Subject: Notification of Your Payment.

Ministry of Finance
Federal Government of Nigeria
Address: Plots 745 & 746,
Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Area,
P.M.B 14 Garki, Abuja.
Nigeria
Website: http://www.fmf.gov.ng

My Dear

I am sending you this mail to know if you are alive or dead because
one Mr. John Schumacher visited my office today with his attorney, He
said that you are dead and he is your next of kin. He said that you
died on car accident last week Friday. So he was in my office few
hours ago with his attorney and a copy of Change of Ownership
Certificate from the Federal High Court of Nigeria which indicated in
the Change of Ownership Certificate as your next of kin to claim your
over due contract/inheritance funds valued at $20,000,000.00.

Finally he asked if there is any unpaid bill so that he will clear it
immediately to enable us transfer the $20,000,000.00 to his bank
account which he provided below:

Name of Bank: Discovery Bank
Address: 502 E Market Street, Greenwood, DE 19950, U.S.A.
Account Names: John Schumacher
Account Numbers: 7021399571
Routing Numbers: 031100649

The transfer of the $20,000,000.00 to his account will be commenced
with 48hrs after we conclude our investigation and confirmed that
truly you are dead.

Sincerely

Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed
Minister of Finance,
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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