419 scam: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA"<officemail65@gmail.com> your compensation fund has arrived with your cash consignment box value (US$1,7

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "consignment " (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 state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "contact the diplomat" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- +2348133280746
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.
- agentdavid36@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officemail655@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 22:52:23 -0700
Subject: your compensation fund has arrived with your cash consignment box value (US$1,700,000.00)

I am Mr. Godwin Emefiele, The New elected Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria CBN; I decided to contact you because of the prevailing security

report reaching my office and the intense nature of policy in Africa. This body was set up to discover an outstanding unpaid fund being owned to

Governments or Individuals all over the world through Contract Payment, Inheritance and Lottery Winning Prize Awards and scammed victim

compensations payments all over the world.

As of today we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We travel all over Africa, Europe and USA with the help of the European Foreign

Investigation Bureau to arrest these thieves/internet miscreants. We have over 3,573 of them in jail round Africa and we are still searching for

more hoodlums impersonating themselves as government/bank official.

We are aware that a lot of foreigners out there have been deceived and lost their hard earn money to these fraudsters after impending to move

funds out from Africa including fake lottery winning notification and at the end of the day, they will scam thousands of dollars from them

without a successful end.
In assumption of office as the New Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, It was agreed that to retain the good image of Nigeria and the rest

of African countries, all the victims who lost his/her hard earn money to these faceless thieves will be compensated with just US$1,700,000.00

(One million Seven Hundred Thousand United State dollars).

This we assume will help you to start a new life. Please, you have to accept the money in good faith because the (victims) in our pay list are

too much and everyone is entitle to receive his compensation as instructed by the Nigerian Government. We are paying back from the money we

recovered from these fraudsters and we want to make sure that all the victims involved are compensated.

These fund have been approved for payment to all the scam victims through Cash Delivery, Therefore I wish to inform you that the assigned

diplomat in charge of your compensation fund has arrived with your cash consignment box value (US$1,700,000.00) One million seven hundred

thousand united state dollars in Charlotte Douglas International Airport USA as their first transit on diplomatic rout this week to deliver your

funds to you.

This fund is coming in one security proof box which is sealed with Synthetic nylon seal and padded with machine. I want you to know that you have

24 hours to contact the diplomat in person of MR.DAVID DOUGLAS as he is in Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Let us know if you are still interested to get your compensation fund; as the diplomat have been waiting to hear from you to help them complete

this delivery to your doorstep. To remind you again that the Diplomat is in Charlotte Douglas International Airport with your consignment box and

he need to obtain the CUSTOMS IMMUNITY CLEARANCE on your package before he will be approved move out from the airport and proceed to your

destination for delivery. You have to contact him through email; agentdavid36@gmail.com concerning your consignment boxes at the airport.

I appreciate your good sympathetic and collaboration, Hope hearing from you swiftly.

Sincerely,

Mr. Godwin Emefiele
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria.
Tel: +234-813-328-0746

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