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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 PAYMENT OFFICE" <info_centralbank_nig@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: info_centralbank_nigeria@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 05:56:23 +0100
Subject: Your Long overdue Payment.

CBN Payment Department
Tinubu Square,Lagos.
Tel:234-8030857196 ext 402
Fax No:234-1-4400507
www.cbnonline.com

Our Ref:CBN/IRD/CBX/021/05



Your Long overdue Payment.
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Please we are sorry for the delay.We tried the fax number we have on our record and it seems your fax line wasn`t working.Meanwhile,as the new executive in this office we found your name shortlisted out(in the Central Bank of Nigeria's payment file)among the list of individuals and companies that the Central Bank of Nigeria had been owing for long.You were shortlisted because some information are not complete and this was as a result of mismanagement from our past executives\staffs.

According to the information retrieved from the computer/our record, you are owed the sum of nine million five hundred thousand U.S Dollars.I am presently processing your payment and would like you to furnish us with the following details:

(1) Your current physical address. This is to enable us send your
cbn confirmable draft(cheque) as soon as is ready.

(2) The name that your cheque(Bank Draft) will bear.

(3) Your telephone number including your fax number if possible. This is for voice communication .

Once again ,i apologize to you on behalf of the Central Bank of Nigeria
for our failure to pay your funds, which according to records in the
system had been long overdue.Send the requested information by email to
this address info_cbn_paymentoffice@yahoo.co.uk.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Ernest Ebi(Deputy Governor CBN)


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