The email was sent from the email address "PAYMASTER GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA <paymastergeneralfgn002@gmail.com>", with the subject "Your $10.5Million fund is Approved".Attn Beneficiary,
This is to inform you officially that the Federal Government under the Leadership of the Newly Elected President Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, have approved the Payment of your Inheritance/Contract Fund Valued US$10.5Million and instructed that your Payment Via ATM CARD will be released to you as soon as possible.
As a matter of urgency you are required to reconfirm the below receiving details to enable the delivery Officer to document it in your Payment file for a successful Shipment.
Your Full Name
Your Receiving address
Your Telephone #
Your Nearest Airport
Waiting for your urgent reply.
Best regards,
Mr. Patrick Uba
Paymaster General of the Federation
+234 9065 4826 53.
The email is a classic example of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam with promises of a large sum of money being transferred to the victim. Anyone responding to it will be told that there is a fee/tax/insurance payment to be paid to receive the money. This will be followed by payment after payment until the victim runs out of money or realises that they are being scammed.