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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:
  • "your payment is being processed" (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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "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 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.
  • executivegovernorcentralbankof@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3aexecutivegovernorcentralbankof@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Central Bank of Nigeria With World Bank Auditors" <profcbn1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: executivegovernorcentralbankof@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:32:15 -0800
Subject: [YOU MUST CLAIM YOUR CONTRACT/NEXT OF KIN PAYMENT ON OR BEFORE 21 DAYS


From"Executive Governor Central Bank of Nigeria.
PROF CHARLES CHUKWUMA SOLUDO
website: http://www.cenbank.org /Private *
E-mail:executivegovernorcentralbankof@gmail.com*<E-mail%3Aexecutivegovernorcentralbankof@gmail.com>
Tel:+234-724-3545/Info:Tel:+234-1-766058 /Fax:+234-1-7235830

FINAL CONTRACT/NEXT OF KIN PAYMENT VERIFICATION.

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY.

Following the protest of the International Community, With World Bank
Auditors, IMF and the instruction by the President and Commander in Chief of
the armed forces (Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua) that all outstanding foreign debts
especially next of kin payment should be released to the beneficiaries forth
with unconditionally.

From the records of outstanding debts due for payment with the Federal
government of Nigeria your name was discovered as next on the list of the
outstanding, who have not received their payments. We wish to inform you
that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as
you respond to this letter. Also note that from my record in my file your
outstanding contract payment is US $6 million dollars (Six Million United
States Dollars).

Please re-confirm to me if this is online with what you have in your record
and also re-confirm to me the followings.

1)Your full name.
2)Phone, fax and mobile #.
3)company name, position and address.
4)Contract Amount.......................
5)Copy of int'l passport,drivers linsense,or any valid ID card via e-mail
attachment.

Best Regards,


Mrs.Victoria A. Opara (NSA).
National Security Adviser to the Executive Governor (CBN)

Contact person:Prof Chukwuma Soludo
Executive Governor (CBN)
*E-mail:executivegovernorcentralbankof@gmail.com*<E-mail%3Aexecutivegovernorcentralbankof@gmail.com>

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam