The "Dr. Mohamed Ahmed" Advance Fee Scams Being Sent by Online Scammers
The fake "Dr. Mohamed Ahmed" email below is a scam. Recipients are asked to delete it and should not follow the instructions in it. The fake email is being sent by scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money or personal information. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.
A "Dr. Mohamed Ahmed" Advance-Fee Scam
From: "Dr. Mohamed Ahmed" - 12345@onyx.ocn.ne.jp
Date: February 19, 2019 at 4:39:44 PM MST
Subject: !!!! TREAT AS URGENT IF STILL ALIVE !!!!!
Reply-To: "Dr. Mohamed Ahmed" - officefile1612@gmail.com
Greeting From Desk of Dr. Mohamed Ahmed.
Honorable Minister of Finance
Urgent Attention Dear;
Please you are advised to read this email very carefully,and urgently get back to the Board to avoid wrong transfer of your
unpaid ECOWAS Re-fund Compensation Payment of $7,800,000.00 presently at our custody. Based on the meeting held yesterday
with the United Nations Official, US Ambassador in Federal Republic of Benin, and IMF officials in collaboration with ECOWAS
Board Authorities, in respects to your overdue inheritance payment File of which your name and email ID was listed among the unpaid beneficiaries, I write to inform you that your files is on our desk to pay you a partial payment of Seven Million
Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,800,000.00 USD) of your funds for this First quarter of the year.
Note that we are having a disagreement with a lady named Mrs. Monica Ohge, from United States of America, who contacted the Board on Friday, claiming to be your new next-of-kin, that you have given her the power of attorney to claim your unpaid Fund
worth of$7,800,000.00 USD, she clearly informed the Board that you have instructed her to receive the funds on your behalf,that you are severely ill which makes it impossible for you to contact the Board, in respects of your approved fund $7,800,000.00.
Furthermore; If the above named person with bank account details mentioned below is from you, kindly write to the Executive Board of Director's Federal Ministry of Finance, Federal Republic of Benin with proper means of identification to the said
name.
Here is the Bank Account DETAILS from the above mentioned claimant.
Bank Name: WELLS FARGO
Swift Code: WFBIUS 6S
Routing Number: 026012881
Account Number: 1010179900574
Account Name: Mrs. Monica Ohge
After she provided this account to us, she instructed us not to bother or disturbed ourselves by contacting you because you cannot access your email presently due to your present health condition that we should transfer the funds into her provided
bank account directly because she is now acting on your behalf.
Verify and write to us immediately, while the Board await your urgent response.
I wait to hear from you soon.
Regard's
Dr. Mohamed Ahmed
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