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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA PLC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <customerserviceo201045@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 03:50:27 -0700
Subject: RE: YOUR FUNDS IS READY FOR TRANSFER

Dear Sir/Madam,


( RE: YOUR FUNDS IS READY FOR TRANSFER )

This letter is written to you in order to change your life from today . I am MR ABU-BAKAR , The secetary to the present governor of CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA PLC MR S LAMIDO .The former governor ( mr c soludo ) has been sacked and all power is now vested on me to make all international funds transfer . I e LOTTO PAYMENTS,, NEXT OF KIN PAYMENTS,, CONTRACT SUM PAYMENTS and all other international funds payments.

Also, due to reported cases of corrupt practices in Nigeria Banks, the Federal Government has revoked/cancelled all power vested on those Banks and have decided to make all foreign payments through the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

Your fund has been in the bank for many years unclaimed because the former governor mr soludo have refused to tell you the truth on how to claim your fund this is because he has been using the interest accumulated from your fund every year to enrich himself without your knowledge.
I want to help you pull out this fund to your bank account using the easiest and the quickest method, which have not been made known to you before.

By this method , we will acivate the dormant account where your funds has been in NIGERIA , and your fund will be transfered directly to your personal Bank account. After thetransfer, you will confirm the fund in your Bank account within 12 hours the same day. No Cost of Transfer (COT) and no stoppagefrom any Government departments as the transfer will be done within the bank alone and it is very safe.

The method which was introduced to you before is the TelegraphicTransfer (TT)for which confirmation was 48hrs, because of the time factor, petitions could come from various organizations stopping your payment and asking you to pay huge fee which would be difficult for you to pay so that they canbenefit from the huge interest your fund generates while still in the Bank.

But this uption i am giving you is safe , fast and reliable and your account will be activated and your funds confirmd withing 12 hours of transfer.
All your mail have be reply with this email address (customerserviceo201058@hotmail.com) Awaiting your quick response.

Yours Truly,
Abu-bakar
Secetary to the
GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA PLC

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