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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • profcharlessoludo23@jmail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: "prof Charles Soludo" <revmikejames@msn.com>
Reply-To: profcharlessoludo23@jmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:15:14 +0000
Subject: CONTRACT PAYMENT

                                                                

 

            CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

            TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,

                          LAGOS-NIGERIA

 

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
PROF,CHARLES C.SOLUDO.
GOVERNOR CENTRAL ABUJA
NIGERIA.

ATTN:HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR,

 

YOUR IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT!!!
PAYMENT.CONTRACT#:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/008.
Our Ref: PYT-PED/FGN/NNPC-1024.

Wish to inform you that your payment is being processed, and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.this is to acknowledge the receipt of your immediate contract payment in regards to your outstanding payment fowarded to my humble office from the federal Government of  Nigeria for immediate remittance into your nominated bank account the sum of$7 USD( seven million united states dollars).

Your name and company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not received their payments. Also note that from my record in my file your outstanding contract payment is $7 USD( seven million united states dollars).

This is a huge sum, can it be broken down into smaller blocks?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.

As soon as this informations are received, 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 and confirm it.

What about bank to bank transfer? Just today on our local news a business person was given bogus bank draft from Nigeria,$23,000,00 from Hunt Oil Nigeria and ended up with over $1300.00 in bank handling fees. I want to avoid this.You must call me on my direct number as soon as you receive this letter for a serious discussion with me and also get back to me at once through mail.

CONGRATULATIONS,

 

Yours sincerly,

Prof Charles Soludo

Private Email: profcharlessoludo23@jmail.co.za

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