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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: "CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA" <cbnwiredept@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:33:24 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

                                                  

                                 

                  CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

                               TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,

                                               LAGOS-NIGERIA

                                    TEL/FAX- 234-1-4338498

                                   E-MAIL- paymentdept@cenbanknigr.org  

                                 

                                    [OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR]

CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA

                                                                                      Date: 27th Septemeber 2005,

                          IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Attn Honorable Contractor,

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 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 USD$5.560 Millions Dallars (Five Million five hundred and sixty thousand united state 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

 

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession , age and marital status.

 

Immediatelyt we recieve this information, 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. Get back to us via the Central Bank E-mail  (paymentdept@cenbanknigr.org)

 

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.

 YOURS SINCERELY,

 

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

NOTE: RESPONSE SHOULD BE MADE ON THIS EMAIL-- paymentdept@cenbanknigr.org

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