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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:
  • "to 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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • 23482867310

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles Soludo." <mikehongddw@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: charles_gov1@live.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:17:47 -0700
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL COURIER PAYMENT.


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
FACT FINDING AND SPECIAL DUTIES
TUNUIBU SQUARE, LAGOS-NIGERIA
EMAIL: charles_gov1@live.com
TELEPHONE: 234-82867310.

Attn: Beneficiary ,

This letter is from the Central Bank of Nigeria, regarding your
contract payment which has finally been approved for payment by the
Senate Committee on Foreign Contracts.
Your part payment of $14.700,000.00 (Fourteen Million Seven Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) only has been approved for payment by
the Senate Committee of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Last friday a lady by name Mrs. Laura Burke came to the Bank with a
lawyer applied for a change of beneficiary to her name on the same
payment.She claimed that you have instructed her to receive the above
stated amount on your behalf as your partner and she was asked to
provide a sworn affidavit of oath which she had submitted the
affidavit of oath on your behalf .

We are writing to inform you that we cannot make the transfer to her
account until you have confirmed that you know her also that we should
go ahead and transfer the above stated amount to her account.

The below stated account was forwarded to us by Mrs. Laura Burke of
California USA.
Wachovia Bank Los Angeles
Account number: 9887-676900
Account name: LGMC LLC

We need you to reconfirm that you sent her also that we should go
ahead and transfer the above amount to her account immediately other
wise, you are required to reconfirm the following informations to us
to process and transfer your funds ( $14.7M ) being part payment for
your contract funds :

Forward as a matter of urgency the following:
(1) YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
(2) YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
(3) YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS
(4) TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER
(5) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS, ROUTING NUMBERS ETC.

Upon receipt of your confirmation , we shall proceed immediately to
process your transfer and wire the above amount to your nominated bank
account and if we do not hear from you till the next 48 hours, we
shall go ahead and transfer the funds to Mrs. Laura Burkes account.

We sincerely apologize for the inconveniences this may cause you and
we promise to finalize this payment before the next 48 hours .

Thanks for letting us serve you better .

Yours Sincerely,
Prof .Charles Soludo.
Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

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