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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_ccs4@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:36:11 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IMMEDIATE=20PAYMENT=20NOTIFICATION?=

ATTENTION : CONTRACTOR,


IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.
CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009
This is to inform you that your payment has been approved.From the records
of outstanding contractors due for payment with the federal government of
Nigeria your name and company was discovered as next on the list of the
outstanding contractors who have not received their payments.

We wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released
to you as soon as you respond to this letter . Also note that from our record
your outstanding contract payment is US$25.7 million dollars(twenty five
million seven hundred thousand united states dollars).
Please re-confirm to us if this is inline with what you have in your records
and also re-confirm to us the following.

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, your payment will be made to you.You
must get back to the office of the central bank governor immediately on
this e-mail cbngovernor_ccsfgn@financier.com


Regards,
Payment Office
Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN)
Make sure you foward all correspondence to
cbngovernor_ccsfgn@financier.com



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