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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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Fraud email example:

From: "CentralBankOfNigeriaForeignOperations Department"
<info@foreignoperationsdept-c-b-n-onlinebank.com>
Reply-To: drcharlessoludo@sify.com
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:28:31 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND PERSONAL

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT

PAYMENT.CONTRACT:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.

On the asumption of this office as the new Governor of
Central Bank of Nigeria,There are outstanding debt
incure over the years,From the records of outstanding
contractors due for payment of a sum of $13.7 million
dollars(Thirteen million seven hundred thousand united
states dollars) with the Federal Government of
Nigeria,your name and company was discovered as next
on the list of the outstanding contractors who has
not receive their payment.I wish to inform you that
your payment is being processed and will be released
to you as soon as we receive your respones to this
email with the underlisted information supply.

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name,position and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.

Note that your payment would be made in a certified
Bank Draft mail to you from Central Bank of Nigeria to
your contact address by courier within the next 24hrs
of hearing from you.Please be accurate in the
information provided to avoid avoidables errors and do
not forget to quote the contact sum above.
Regards,

Dr, Charles Soludo
Executive Governor,Central Bank Of Nigeria.
Alternate email:drcharlessoludo@sify.com

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