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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • ltd_payment_cbn@hotmail.com
  • ltd_payment_cbn@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: <cbnbank_contractpayment450@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:09:38 +0000
Subject: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT..............

                 CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
            TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA

 

 

 DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO


TEL: 234-1-4338529

E-MAIL: ltd_payment_cbn@hotmail.com

Our ref: CBN/CPN9/04

Your ref RJ99/NNPD/503

Attention: contractor,

                   IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with theFederal Government  of Nigeria your name and company is on the listmajor contractors who have not received their payments for theFederal Plateau Project.

I wish to inform you that your payment isbeing processed and will be released to you as soon as you respondto this letter. Also note that from the record in my file youroutstanding contract payment is $14.7million USD (fourteen MillionSeven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

Please re-confirm to
me if this is inline with what you have in your  record and also
re-confirm to me the followings via this email

1) Your full name.

2) Phone, fax and mobile #.

3) Company name, position and address.

4) Profession , age and marital status.

As soon as this information is received and confirmed,   your paymentwill be made to you in a certified bank draft from Central Bank of Nigeria and a copy will be given to you for you to take to your bank for confirmation. You must call me on my direct number as soon as youreceive this mail for a serious discussion with me and also get back
to me immedaitely via the above E-mail. As a result of the on-going drive of the Government to update its books and clear payment to contractors,

I strongly recommend that you promptly start your clearance as soon as possible.

Faithfully,

PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO.
Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria

 

Prof. Charles Soludo.
Executive Governor Central Bank of Nigeria.
234-1-4338529

E-MAIL: ltd_payment_cbn@hotmail.com

 

 

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