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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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Fraud email example:

From: "CBN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <godwinele5060@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 04:24:56 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS

 
 
 
 
 
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
 
TINUBU SQUARE, VICTORIA ISLAND,
 
LAGOS-NIGERIA
 
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
 
 
IMMEDIATE INHERITANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT #:V/NINIC/FGN/MIN/0014 
 
 
 
Dear Friend,
 
 
After our meeting today concerning your unclaimed fund in this Apex bank, I was instructed to contact by the board of directors and the senate committee on  foreign matters. Before I proceed, I decided to stop communication with you because you have always doubted all my words which I gave to you and decide to follow the instructions of hoodlums and impersonators who are only interested in extorting money out from you and use you as their prey. I want to ask you a question and do not be offended "since you stop communication with me and prefer to follow the impostors rather than me, have you finally received your fund? Is there any hope that you will receive the fund in near future if you continue to follow their instructions?
 
 
The board and senate committee has been asking me why I returned your fund to the Government reserve account without your knowledge and I have given them the reason, to allow you follow the hoodlums and know what the outcome will be and to see if you will follow my instructions this time.
 
 
Anyway, I decided to contact you and to alert you on the status of your fund, during our meeting today on the round-table with the Presidency and senate president including the Minister for Finance, I have been advised to contact and to make sure that your fund is transferred to you before the closure of the payment system in no distance time. The ball is now in your court as I have been advised to allow you choose the way the fund can be getting to you which will be easy for you and stress free which are as follows:
 
 
1) Do you authorize me to continue in the Swift wire transfer process, if you choose that, you will be needed to come down here to sign your original hard copies and if you will be unable to come, I can dispatch the documents to your doorstep through a certified courier company which will
 
cost $250
 
 
2) Can the fund be sent to you through diplomatic process? There letting the fund into a trunk box as a consignment which will be declared as a family treasure in other for the customs not to intervene into the consignment box which will be sent to your doorstep by the diplomatic means which will by the diplomatic means which will cost $600
 
 
3) We can also package the funds in an ATM card and deliver it to your doorstep and this will cost $95 only.
 
 
These details and update was instructed and given during the round-table meeting held hours ago and you are requested to comply and respond to this letter as urgent as possible. Information
 
 
RECEIVERS NAME: KEN IKEME.
 
COUNTRY ...NIGERIA
 
CITY ....LAGOS
 
TEST QUESTION.... BE REST
 
ANSWER ...ASSURE
 
AMOUNT TO SEND...OPTION (1), OPTION (2), OPTION (3)
 
SENDER'S NAME...
 
MTCN NUMBER.......
 
 
Strictly follow my instructions.
 
 
Thanks for your anticipation and understanding.
 
 
Yours Sincerely,
 
 
MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE.
 
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
 
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
 

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