"Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Togo" Advance Fee Scam

The fake "Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Togo" email below is a scam created by scammers impersonating FedEx. 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.

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Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Togo Advance Fee Scam

A "Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Togo" Advance-Fee Scam

From: Treasury Department Office <o.files84@yahoo.com>

Date: Mon, May 27, 2019 at 8:43 PM

Subject: Wire Transfers, Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Togo.

Attention;

This is Mr. Michael Toure, The Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs is a senior position within the Republic ofTogo Department of the Treasury Federal Ministry of Finance on international wire transfers. You are to reply through this my official email address.(info.treasurydepartbenin13@gmail.com ) because this is to inform you that your fund was brought to my desk because the director & management of the WESTERN UNION &MONEYGRAM transfer have declared to divert your fund to the government treasury account just because you can not pay the wire transfer fee. In reasoning wisely to this complain I told them to wait until I heard from you today so that I will know the reason why you decide to reject such amount of money USD$2.5Million which is your righful & legal overdue inheritance payment just because of transfer fee.

The reason why i sent this email to you is because its your sweat and for this reason you still have this last chance to claim your fund if you can send USD$179.00 today because i have already arranged your wires ready for its daily wires to you but failling to do this, i will allow them to have power over your fund and am very sorry if you failed as this is the last chance.

Therefore, send the USD$179.00 immediately you receive this email today and email your full name and address to me if you want your USD$2.5Million be send to you by western union OR Monegram transfer but the maximum amount officially allow for it per day wire to you is USD$7,500.00 per day until you receive your complete USD$2.5Million from here . The second option is for you to send me the full detail of your bank account if you want your fund be fully transfer by direct bank to bank wire transfer to your account at once. After you have sent the $179.00 and email me the mtcn numbers, you are to indicate your wish to receive your funds as I have stated above and the funds will be released to you without any hitch.

Here is the western union or moneygram information in the name of my accountant to avoid delay in receiving your fund and remember that i have done my best for you and i will make sure that your wire will begin to be released to you from the moment you sent this $179.00 .

Send the $179.00 now and send me email with the western union mtcn or moneygram reference numbers when you send the money , you can as well call me on this number +229-95754103 when you have sent the money now ok .

Receivers Name:......Kieth lukeson

Pay-Out Country:... TOGO

Pay-Out City : LOME

Test Question:..God

Answer :.. Bless.

Amount to send: ...$179.00

SEND MTCN NUMBER....

Send it and email the MTCN control number, amount sent, name and address of sender to me for easy collection and once again remember to reply through this my official email address info.treasurydepartbenin13@gmail.com

TAKE NOTE: REPLY ONLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL: info.treasurydepartbenin13@gmail.com

Thanks.

Mr. Michael Toure.

Treasury Department, International

Wire Transfers, Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Togo.

Telephone:+229-99888650

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December 22, 2019 at 8:57 AM by
"Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Togo" Advance Fee Scam
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LOST COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES I HAVE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES

From: Chief Hon,John Bright <mailoffice584@gmail.com>

Sent: 22 December 2019 07:13

Subject: From Department to Federal Ministry of Finance.

This is to inform you that in the course of my investigation as director of payment verification / implementation committee I came across your name as unpaid fund beneficiary in the record of the central bank. My committee was set up by the attorney general to verify and scrutinize all outstanding debts owed to our foreign beneficiaries in accordance to the information received from the United States government And European,Asia Empowered By United Nations over unpaid huge debts owed to United States citizens and European,Asia Citizens as well and Others Countries .

Having seen your file and my further questioning to the officials of the central bank as to why your payment is still pending reveals the rot and corruption in the system. The bank officials told me that the reason why you haven’t received payment is due to your inability to pay for the required charges for transfer of funds to your account. When I asked them why they didn’t deduct the said charges from your principal sum, I was given the flimsy excuse that you never authorized them to do so. When I put the question across to them if they ever advised you that such charges could be deducted from your principal fund,the answer I got was no. Now, if you do not tell this beneficiary that such charges could be deducted from his or her principal fund, how will he or she know that such options are available for such beneficiaries.

From my investigation I discovered that these bank officials deliberately refused to let the charges be deducted from your principal fund because they want your fund to remain trapped in the bank, while they continue to extort money from beneficiaries under some flimsy excuse. You do not need to pay any money to any official, all you are required to do is swear to an affidavit at the federal high court of Benin Republic, authorizing the bank to deduct all charges from your principal fund and transfer the balance of funds after deduction to your bank account. If you have spent any money in the past in your quest for payment, kindly let me know so that I can follow this up.

You can reach me on my email address for directive on how you can get the deduction done as soon as possible and get payment.

Yours sincerely,

Chief Hon,John Bright,

The Chaiman of Treasury

Department to Federal

Ministry of Finance

Benin Republic.

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September 25, 2019 at 8:26 AM by
"Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Togo" Advance Fee Scam
an anonymous user from: Pataskala, Ohio, United States

I continue to get email please investigate this.

On Sep 2, 2019, at 6:06 AM, Treasury Department Office <info.treasurydepartbenin13@gmail.com> wrote:

"Attention:

There is no way we can send a payment to you without the transfer process to be completed, therefore you should send the processing fee and I will complete processing your payment and you will have your payment in your country before we close at work today okay.

Thanks.

Mr. Michael Toure.

...

> Here is the western union or moneygram information in the name of my accountant to avoid delay in receiving your fund and remember that I have done my best for you and I will make sure that your wire will begin to be released to you from the moment you sent this $179.00 .

>

>

> Send the $179.00 now and send me email with the western union mtcn or moneygram reference numbers when you send the money, you can as well call me on this number 229-95754103 when you have sent the money now ok .

>

>

> Receivers Name:...Kieth lukeson

> Pay-Out Country:... TOGO

> Pay-Out City : LOME

> Test Question:..God

> Answer :.. Bless.

> Amount to send: ...$179.00

>

> SEND MTCN NUMBER...

>

> Send it and email the MTCN control number, amount sent, name and address of sender to me for easy collection and once again remember to reply through this my official email address info.treasurydepartbenin13@gmail.com

> TAKE NOTE: REPLY ONLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL: info.treasurydepartbenin13@gmail.com

> Thanks.

> Mr. Michael Toure.

> Treasury Department, International

> Wire Transfers, Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Togo.

> Telephone: 229-99888650"

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