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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "charles soludo" <charlessoludo@centralbankgovernor-nigr.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 04:20:45 +0000
Subject: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT

           

          CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
                  TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA

                                             FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
                                               CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
                                                 TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS 
                                

From the Desk Of:
Prof Charles Soludo
Executive Governor

(CBN) PRIVATE EMAIL: charles_soludooffice2@yahoo.com

ATTENTION: Valuable Contractor,

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT CONTRACT NO: 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).

As soon as you respond to this mail we shall alert our office in the USA where your funds will be remitted to you.

Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:

 

(1) Your full name.
(2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
(3) company's name,position and address.
(4)profession, age and marital status.
(5) Copy of int'l passport or any scanned identity to prove yourself.

 

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.

As soon as you receive this letter for further discussion, get back to me on this e-mail address.

YOURS SINCERELY,  

PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).

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