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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: tunde_lemocbn@terra.com.mx
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 03:16:03 -0800
Subject: kind attn

FROM THE DESK OF
MR. TUNDE LEMO
DEPUTY GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ME,KINDLY VISIT THIS
WEBSITE;http://www.cenbank.org/aboutus/BOARDOFD.HTM

NOTE; THIS TRANSACTION IS PERSONAL BETWEEN ME AND YOU SO YOU ARE NOT
ALLOWED
TO INFORM ANY MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF MY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS
MATTER.


RE TRANSFER OF US$5.2MILLION.

ATTN;SIR,

I AM MR. TUNDE LEMO, DEPUTY GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE
CENTRAL
BANK OF NIGERIA.I'M PLEASED TO CONTACT YOU BASED ON A CONTRACT WHICH
HAS
BEEN EXECUTED BY A FOREIGN FIRM FOR THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CO-OPERATION(NNPC)BY
THE IMMEDIATE PAST ADMINISTRATION THE CONTRACTORS HAS BEEN PAID THEIR
FULL
AMOUNT LEAVING THE ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$5.2MILLION WHICH WAS
REALIZED AS A RESULT OF DELIBERATE DELAY BY ME ON THEIR PAYMENT AND THE
MONEY STILL REFLECTING IN THE CO-OPERATION'S ACCOUNT IN THE CENTRAL
BANK
AS UNPAID.

THIS CONTRACT WORTHS USD$42.5MILLION ACCORDING TO RECORDS,HAS BEEN
EXECUTED
AND THE MONEY HAS BEEN PAID TO THE FOREIGN FIRM. BEING THE DEPUTY
GOVERNOR
OF CENTRAL BANK, I AM LOOKING FOR A NEUTRAL FOREIGNER LIKE YOU WHO WILL
PRESENT HIMSELF AS A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE FOREIGN CONTRACTOR WHO
EXECUTED
THE CONTRACT SO THAT WE WILL CLAIM THIS ACCRUED INTEREST OF
US$5.2MILLION
THAT IS LEFT BEHIND AND SHARE IT ACCORDINGLY. I WANT TO ALSO INFORM YOU
THAT THE FOREIGN CONTRACTOR IS NOT AWARE OF THIS ACCRUED.

ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION, IS THAT ALL THE NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS
THAT WILL BE APPROVED FOR THE SMOOTH PAYMENT OF THIS MONEY WILL HAVE TO
PASS THROUGH MY OFFICE FOR FINAL APPROVAL. I WILL ALSO LIKE TO INFORM
YOU
THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND THAT YOU ARE NOT AT ANY
RISK
AT ALL.

THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED AS FOLLOWS AT THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF
THIS
TRANSACTION:30% FOR YOURSELF(ACCOUNT OWNER),60% FOR MYSELF AND WE WILL
SET
ASIDE 10% FOR THE TRANSFER EXPENSES.AS SOON AS YOU ACCEPT THIS OFFER,
YOU
WILL FORWARD TO ME YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATIONS WHICH I WILL FORWARD TO
THE
ACCOUNTS DEPT OF CBN FOR ONWARD PROCESSING,APPROVAL AND TRANSFER OF THE
MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL.
YOURS IN BUSINESS,

MR. TUNDE LEMO.(DEPUTY GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE CENTRAL
BANK
OF NIGERIA)

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