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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i am using this medium to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "executive governor" (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)
  • "www.cenbank.org" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +23417595406 (Nigeria, landline)
• 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.
  • charles0011soludo@yahoo.ie

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles Soludo" <charles_sl3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: charles0011soludo@yahoo.ie
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:32:48 +0000
Subject: RESPOND

                                        

                   

                CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
                              TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA
                                               CABLES: CENBANK
                                          DIRECT FAX: 234-1-7595406
                                       DIRECT PHONE: 234-1-4737032
                                               www.cenbank.org
                             Direct E-Mail: charles0011soludo@yahoo.ie

 

Telegram: CENBANK
From The Desk of: Proffessor Charles C. Soludo(CBN GOVERNOR)

Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/01/06 

Dear Partner,

 

This is PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO.Governor of the Central Bank Of Nigeria.
 I am using this medium to inform you that I lost some personal
data and may have lost your information as the backup was tampered with.

 Please, this is all about the project of the unclaimed deposit of the over invoiced contract
to which you were asked to stand in as the subcontractor.
The original contractor has been paid and the over invoiced amount of
$15.5M is still in a suspense account waiting to be claimed
here in the bank. You shall be cleared as the beneficiary
if only you can apply again for this purpose.

Thanking you for your co-operation in this deal.Your cut of 20% is once again guaranteed.

 

 

Prof.Charles Soludo
Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Direct Line:+234-1-4737032

 

 

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