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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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Please note about this email:

• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" <charlessoludo_01@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 21:50:18 +0000
Subject: SORRY FOR THE DELAY

                                         

                 CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
            TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA
                 TEL:234-802478-1554            

FROM THE OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
GARIKI,ABUJA

CONTRACT NO: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.

NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
AND IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE RECIPIENT WHOSE NAME AND EMAIL IS ADDRESS TO.

ATTN:DEAR CONTRACT BENEFICIARY

From the records of outstanding contractors/benficiaries due for payment with the
Federal Government of Nigeria, your name and Email was discovered as next on
the  list of the outstanding contractors who have not yet received their 
payments.

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  my record  file here, your outstanding contract payment is
US$15,00,000.00 (fifteen million united states dollars).

Kindly 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. 5) Scanned copy of international passport.

As soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to you in a Certified International Bank Draft or wired to your nominated bank account directly from Central Bank of  Nigeria via Electronic wire transfer with any mode of payment you will prefer..

You can call me on my direct number (234-8024781554 ) as
soon as  you receive this letter for further discussion or get back to
me on my personal e-mail  address:privategov45@yahoo.com

 

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

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