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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: "CBN NIGERIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <central.ban.nigeria00000000003@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:11:04 +0800
Subject: READ VERY WELL!

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
Corporate Head Office, Central Business District,
P.M.B 0187, Gariki, Abuja-F.C.T.
Mobile:+234-8180378035
E-mail: central.ban.nigeria00000000003@gmail.com

Our ref: Cbn/Oxg/OkAFw/14 Telex: Cenbank.
Payment Schedule Number file: Cbn/Fgn/05/14.


CODE: CBN 8112


ATTN:Fund Owner,


I am Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the new GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN). While studying the unfinished payment files at my desk, your E-mail was among the unpaid fund beneficiaries by the past administration. Based on your record, I observed that you could not receive your fund from the former administration due to the level of corruption by the past administration.

According to the information's received from the International Fund Control Unit Today, your payment file and your hard disc Number shall be deleted from the International Fund Control Payment system, and your payment of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars will be confiscated and forwarded to the government reserve account as an unclaimed fund.

Having considered all your efforts in the past to receive your fund, i have decided to personally process and review your payment file for immediate release of your Fund to you without any further delay.

In order to ensure you receive your fund within 7 working days, i have forwarded the letter we received from the International Fund Control Unit to the HUMAN RIGHT, EQUITY AND JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION for their intervention in this matter, and it is my pleasure to inform you that your payment file has been revealed and will be approved for immediate release to you upon confirmation of the fund clearance papers.

To avoid further delays in this transaction, the HUMAN RIGHT, EQUITY AND JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION has instructed that we obtain all the necessary fund clearance papers to back up your fund to avoid questioning as soon as the transfer is made into your personal bank account.

After series of investigations regarding the cost of the Fund Clearance papers, it will cost a total amount of $10,000 to obtain the back up documents to certify that you are the rightful owner of the said fund.

However, you are required to comply by paying half of the charges ($5000) and complete the balance upon the confirmation
your fund into your bank account.

Right now, we need a balance of $5000 to get the needed clearance papers, therefore In order to obtain the Fund Clearance papers to complete the release of your Fund, you are required to send the balance of $5000 to start proccessing the needed Fund clearance papers.

Be rest assured that this new administration will assist you at all level to ensure that you receive your fund as soon as possible, and you are advised not to miss use this wonderful opportunity of receiving your long awaited fund.


Further instructions regarding the release of your fund to you will be emailed in our next email to you.

Kindly Request for the payment instructions to send the balance of $5000 dollars to complete transaction.

I will kindly appreciate your Co-operation and Understanding in this transaction, and I shall earnestly be waiting to hear from you as soon as possible.

Congratulations.

Best Regards,

MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE
GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
Mobile:+234-8180378035
E-mail: central.ban.nigeria00000000003@gmail.com

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