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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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.
  • gcbn.nigg@yahoo.com.hk
  • cbn.nigg@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?charles=20soludo?= <cbn.nigg@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: cbn.nigg@sify.com
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 19:47:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT.


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gcbn.nigg@yahoo.com.hk

FROM THE DESK OF:

PROF CHARLES SOLUDO

CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR

SWIFT

CODE: BPH KPL PK,

A/C#: 329606=101244=169=678

FOREIGN REMITTANCE

DEPARTMENT

CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA

Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/04


30th April


THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE

INHERITANCE FUNDS HAS BEEN GAZZETED TO BE RELEASED, VIA KEY TELEX

TRANSFER (KTT ) -DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER TO YOU OR THROUGH OUR LONDON

OFFICE BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE FUND TRANSFER.

MEANWHILE,A WOMAN CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A LETTER,CLAIMING

TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE.HERE ARE HER INFORMATIONS: NAME JANET

WHITE BANK NAME: CITI BANK BANK ADDRESS:ARIZONA, USA. ACCOUNT Number:

6503809428. PLEASE,DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE ,AS A MATTER OF URGENCY

IF THIS WOMAN IS FROM YOU SO THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE

HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT NAME.IF THIS WOMAN

IS NOT YOUR REP,YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FILL AND SEND THIS INFORMATIONS

FOR VERIFICATIONS PURPOSES SO THAT YOUR FUND VALID US$12.5M US DOLLARS

WILL BE REMMITTED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT INFO.THIS FUND IS AS

A RESULT OF INHERTANCE ON YOUR BEHALF. 1. YOUR

NAME:.............................. 2. YOUR FULL .

ADDRESS:................................... 3. YOUR TELEPHONE

.................................. 4.FAX

.........................................5.

AGE...................................................... 6.

SEX:.................................... 7. YOUR

OCCUPATION:...................................... 8. YOUR VALID ACCOUNT

DETAILS:................................... AS SOON AS WE RECIEVE THIS,

WE WILL COMMENCE WITH ALL NESSCCARY PROCEEDURES IN OTHER TO REMMIT THIS

MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. THE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR,EXECUTIVE, BOARD OF

DIRECTORS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE INHERITTANCE

FUND HAVE APPROVED AND ACCREDITED THIS REPUTABLE BANK WITH THE OFFICE

OF THE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE / FOREIGN OPERATIONS,TO

HANDLE AND TRANSFER ALL FOREIGN INHERITTANCE FUNDS THIS SECOND QUARTER

PAYMENT OF THE YEAR.HOWEVER,WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENTS

DETAILS TO THE SAID MRS.WHITE,IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHEN THE

NEXT SEVEN WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCOVINENCE

THE DELAY IN TRANSFERING OF THIS FUND MUST HAVE CAUSE YOU.


BEST

REGARDS,

PROF CHARLES SOLUDO

CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR

ALL FOREIGN

INHERITTANCE FUNDSCC:

SENATE PRESEDENTCC:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD]

CC:

ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA:





PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,

GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).

MOBILE NUMBER : 234 802-842-7748


NOTE: RESPONSE SHOULD BE MADE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT WILL BE TOO LATE

FOR YOU. MY PRIVAE EMAIL:cbn.nigg@sify.com



- charles soludo

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