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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)
  • "executive governor" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles C. Soludo" <charlessoludocbn101@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:13:35 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: TOP URGENT FROM PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO.


Attn: Mr. Justin Thyme, I am very sorry for not urgently attending to your mail, it was due to militancy of works on my desk. But I have to comply to you immediately and to let you know that I am very happy to hear from you that you have been able to raised the required needful amount sum of $75,000.00 U.S which is the final payment to wire transfer the $25,000,000 to you. Please with due respect, I personally urge you to stop contacting me on this mailing address charles_soludo@speedymail.org, I have closed it down because of many people are jeopardizing my position as the CBN Executive Governor, So I decided to get in touch to you with my private mail. Please I want you to use this Security Code ( CBN/2006/75) as your question to anyone that contacts you with my name. This will power the successful of this business. Please get back to me urgently as soon as you get this mail, to enable me furnish you with the right bank acount number details that you will use to transfer
the final payment. I look forward to hear from you positively. Faithfully yours,Professor Charles Soludo

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