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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Charles Soludo" <info@cbncontractpaymentoffice.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:22:17 +0000
Subject: YOUR OVER DUE IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT FROM CBN.

FROM THE DESK OF PROFESSOR.CHARLES.C.SOLUDO
THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK (CBN)
HEAD OFFICE ABUJA NIGERIA
GARIKI FACE 2.
F.C.T ABUJA.
DIRECT PHONE LINE: 234-1-435-4789.
E-MAIL:cbnoffice20010@yahoo.com

ATTENTION:VALUD CONTRACTOR.

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.CONTRACT:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.
We apologies, for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences and
inflict that we might have indulge you through. However, we were having some
minor problems with
our payment system, which is inexplicable, and have held us stranded and
indolent, not having the aspiration to devote our 100% assiduity in
accrediting foreign contract
Payments. We apologies once again.

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 yet received their
payments.

I wish to inform you now that the square peg is now in square whole and can
be voguish for that your payment is being processed and will be released to
you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from my record in
my file your outstanding contract payment is us $65,700,000.00 (sixty-five
million seven hundred thousand United States dollars).

Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:
1) your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address:
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) A scanned copy of your Working I?d/Int'l passport.

As soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to you in
a certified bank draft or wired to your nominated bank account directly from
Central Bank of
Nigeria.

you can also call me on my direct number {234-1-435-4789} as soon as you
receive this letter for further discussion, get back to me on this
E-mailaddress:cbnoffice20010@yahoo.com

Regards,

Professor. Charles c. Soludo
Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N)
Direct lines: 234-1-435-4789.

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