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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "international 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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • cbnpaymentoffice02@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PROF.CHARLES SOLUDO" <transferdept_cbn001@ldsliving.com>
Reply-To: cbnpaymentoffice03@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:25:42 +0100
Subject: CBN DEBT PAYMENT NOTICE OF OVERDUE FUNDS


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY,
THE HONORABLE, GOVERNOR OF CBN.
ELIZABETH SQUARE, LAGOS- NIGERIA.
Email:(cbnpaymentoffice02@gmail.com)
Date:16th July 2008.
Our Ref: CBN/OHG/OXD1/2008
Your Ref:.................
TELEX: CENBANK.
PAYMENT FILE: CBN/BEN/08.

ATTN: Dear Beneficiary,

CBN DEBT PAYMENT NOTICE OF OVERDUE FUNDS

This letter will definately be amazing to you because of its realistic
value.

Sorry for the inconveniences that was rendered to you in your line of
Inheritance Payment transaction with some Nigerian
Officials some while ago.

I know that this letter will hit you by surprise, but firstly I will like to
introduce myself; I am (Prof. Charles Soludo)
the rightful Governor of The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Executive
Chairman of "E.C.D.R".

On the 1st of October 2006, the Former President of The Federal Republic of
Nigeria (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo) introduced a
Commission named the "E.C.D.R" (Executive Committee on Debt Recovery) which
is duly registered under the United Nations
(U.N.) and the Federal Government of Nigeria.

This particular Commission was initiated to detect fraud/fund
delays/interrupted funds Payments and to also Settle foreign
debts/fraud victims/Un-paid beneficiaries to satisfactory in other to
maintain peace in the world at large.

Presently, we are being paid by the American government in other to avert
Scam and also to avert beneficiary funds delays
here in Nigeria.So far, we have succeeded in Settling the likes of
(Mrs.Daisy Fox,Mr.Edward Smyth etc).

You are being contacted by this office today dated( 16th July 2008 ) because
your Case File(A) is the very first File on our
Settlement Files Cabinet.Your Inheritance Funds were Re-depositted into the
"Federal Suspense Account" of CBN last week,
because you did not completely forward your Claim as the Right beneficiary.

Through the Intelligent investigations and verification processes of our
Intelligent Monitoring Unit (I.M.U), we also
discovered that thisFunds valued(100,000,000(USD ONLY)) is in your name and
to this note The international Remittance

Department was ordered by the Executive Committee on Debt Recovery to
Release this Funds to you with immediate effect.

On this course of duty, two foreigners (Mr. Tim Parker and Mr.Rowland Gulf)
visited this office today in other to inform us
that they are your Representatives from Canada, whom will be collecting your
Funds for you.

For the fact that this Committee is faithfully in my full governance as the
Chairman, I will like you to clearify to me if
this Bank should proceed to Release your Funds to your Representatives Mr.
Tim Parker and Mr. Rowland Gulf.

In receipt of this confidential Letter, you are required to respond
immediately to :(cbnpaymentoffice02@gmail.com)

OFFICIALLY SIGNED.
PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO.
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
C-B-N
CERTIFIED
DESPATCHED ON THIS DAY: THE 16th July 2008.

C-B-N C-B-N C-B-N C-B-N C-B-N C-B-N C-B-N

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