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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: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" <centbank002@msn.com>
Reply-To: paymentunit4@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:56:57 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

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

                                 [OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR]

 

 CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
 INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
 CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS
 TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS-NIGERIA.
 TEL: +234-1-436-0737, Fax: +234-1-7596105
 EMAIL:paymentunit3@yahoo.com

 DATE-09-11- 2005
 
 OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR (CBN)
 
 Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/05

 IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.
 
 CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/0019.
 
 ATTN: Contractor,
 
 Compliment of the day,I am Prof Charles Soludo, The newly
 appointed Governor of central bank of Nigeria.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 that your payment is being processed
 and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this
 letter. Be advised that because of two many
 contractors due for payment at this first and last quarter
 of the year, you will only receive the sum of US$20, 000,000,
 (Twenty Million United States Dollars Only), so as to
 enable us pay other contractors, but my promise is that I
 will make sure you receive your balance later.
 
 Kindly re-confirm to me the followings information:
 1) Your full name.
 2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
 3) Company name and address.
 4) Profession, age and marital status.
 
 Upon the reconfirmation of the above information, your
 payment will be released to you in a certified bank draft or
 wired to your nominated bank account directly from Central
 Bank of Nigeria. You can call me on my telephone number as
 soon as you receive this email for further details.
 
 Regards,
 
Prof. Charles Soludo. Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

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