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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: cbngov_profsoludo23@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:23:23 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IMMEDIATE=20CONTRACT=20PAYMENT?=

THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO

Our ref: CBN/CPN9/04

Your refRJ99/NNPD/503

Attention: Contractor,

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT

From the records of outstanding contractors due for
payment with the FederalGovernment of Nigeria your
name and company is on the list major contractors who
have not received their payments for the Federal
Plateau Project.I wish to inform you that your payment
is being processed and will be released to you as soon
as you respond to th! is letter. Also note that from
the record in my file your outstanding contract
payment is $14.7million USD (fourteen Million Seven
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).Please
re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have
in your record and also re-confirm to me the
followings via this email: govcbn_payments417@myway.com

1) Your full name.

2) Phone, fax and mobile #.

3) Company name, position and address.

4) Profession , age and marital status.

As soon as this information is received and confirmed,


your payment will be made to you in a certified bank
draft from Central Bank of Nigeria and a copy will be
given to you for you to take to your bank for
confirmation. You must call me on my direct number as
soon as you receive this mail for a serious discussion
with me and also get back to me immedaitely via the
above E-mail. As a result of the on-going drive of the
Government to update its books and clear payment to
contractors,

I strongly recommend that you promptly start your
clearance as soon as possible.

Faithfully,

PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO.
Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria.

make sure you forward all correspondence to,
email add; govcbn_payments417@myway.com








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