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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: "Cbn Payment" <info@cbnheadquarters.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:43:34 +0000
Subject: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT

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

TEL: 234 806 090 8895

FAX: 234 805 722 8771

Our ref: CBN/CPN9/04

Your ref RJ99/NNPD/503

Attention: contractor,

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the
Federal Government 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 this 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

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

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