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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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

Fraud email example:

From: "tunde Graham" <tdgraham05@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: cbn_profsoludo@sify.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:52:29 +0000
Subject: Re: More than Urgent

Attention

CBN INTERVENTION ON YOUR UNCLAIMED FUND

The Central Bank of Nigeria has reviewed your claim of an inherited contract
fund of your late relative, Following this, we have approved your name in
the payment of 24 Contractors/claimants, which have been overdue for
payment and we are going to include your accrued interest in our next
payment to you after you have claimed this successfully.

You have to know that the CBN has retrieved all unclaimed funds from
offshore/onshore and liquidated Banks, after the meeting we held with
President of Federal Republic of Nigeria, (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR)
over the delayed payment to rightful claimants like you to receive your
fund. We suggest that we will help you get this fund because CBN have up
hold all inherited fund retrieved from various liquidated banks, to
ensure successful payment to all bona-fide claimants. Your name is among
24 CLAIMANTS whose fund has been approved, to be ISSUED A CERTIFIED
BANK DRAFT for payment of [$3.5m] inherited Contract fund. This is
made possible to check the accesses of these banks to stop them
from converting some unclaimed funds, to making up their N=25Billion
Capital base that was Mandated to them by my office or lose their
operating license. Therefore, we have received all this unclaimed funds
and subsequently liquidated the affected banks.

We are hereby warning all monetary claimants, who in the past have
patronized
fraudsters in an attempt to receiving their fund illegally, which led to
regrets, that there are no diplomatic payment of fund or wire transfer this
time, This was instructed by the President to stop scam, all payment shall
be transfer directly to you by certified BANK DRAFT. You are advised
to desist from seeking help outside my office in respect to this new
plan by CBN, till you receive your Draft.

Meanwhile, for an immediate receiving of your approved part payment
Certified
Draft of US$3.5Million, you are hereby advice to reconfirm your FULL
NAME(S), YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS, YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX to avoid wrong sending
of this draft.


Importantly, contact The Central Bank of Nigerian Governor (Prof. Charles
Soludo) privately, on this tell: +234-805-803-7576 email:
cbn_profsoludo@sify.com for immediate
instruction on receiving this draft this will enable us to ascertain and
verify your claimant.

You are needed to respond urgently to enable us send you the
Original payment draft, you are given 10 official working days to respond to
this mail.

Yours Faithfully.

Tunde Graham.


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