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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Please note about this email:

• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Prof.Charles Soludo" <cbngovernor@centralbankplcworld.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 03:57:20 +0000
Subject: CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS.
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS.
OUR REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/04
CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009 )
A/C#: 32780612669g8
SWIFT CODE: BPH KPL PK.
TEL: +234-802-419-9580

ATTN: HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR.

RE/ IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION /FINAL NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform that your payment of US$15.5M is next on the payment list for the year 2005. The Federal Ministry of Finance has forwarded to the Central Bank of Nigeria successful people who have completed their contracts and now due for payment.

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria, your name and company was discovered as next on the list of The outstanding contractors who have not yet received their payments.

I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be
released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from the record in my file, your Outstanding contract payment is US$15.5M, (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) Please re-confirm to me if this is Online with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the followings.

1) Your Full Name.

2) Phone, Fax And Mobile #.

3) Company Name, (if any) Position And Address.

4) Bank Details

5) Profession, Age And Marital Status.

6) Copy Of your Int'l Passport/Driving license

The payment will effect immediately as soon as these information are Received and your payment will be made to you in a CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT and A copy will be sent to you for you to take to your Bank and confirm it, otherwise, a bank-to-bank transaction shall be used to remit the sum directly from the Central Bank into your nominated Bank Account, depending on the method you choose to receive Your payment. you are advised to get back to me immediately

Congratulations!

Best Regards.

Prof. Charles C. Soludo.
Executive Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

 

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