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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "executive governor" (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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Prof Charles Soludo" <cbn_info_payment@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:53:59 +0000
Subject: CBN PAYMENT NOTICE.

              

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

                                                   FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
                                                     CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
                                                        TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS

                                                    (DIRECT LINE: 234-1-4360856)
From the Desk Of:
Prof Charles Soludo
Executive Governor

ATTENTION: Donny Maurice Walden,

Thanks for your swift and urgent reply to my e-mail to you in regards of your draft payment.I want you to understand that you are dealing with a banking institution being headed by board of directors and decisions are not taken by just one man. I want to make it clear to your understanding that this transaction is legitimate and is backed up by the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in collaborated with the Central Bank of Nigeria and I am here to protect the interest of my clients and ensure that we serve you in the best way.

However, I will like you to understand that your payment will be made to you if you can only follow up with my instructions not by you bankers because if there really know what is draft there can’t advice you to wait until any free will be deduct from the total fund, while the rest will be sent to you, and the risen why! I side so is that there don’t know the mining of draft payment.

Draft payment is a fund that have been programmed in to a paper form and can only be acceded by the right beneficiary, and have you are to access it is this immediately it got delivered to you and you receive it from the Diplomatic Courier Agent all what you are to do is to proceed to your bank for immediate confirmation and payment made to your account, by then you can now have access to the cash not now it still in a paper from that is why you are required of this free nothing less, to enable the draft to be picked up by the Diplomat for immediate delivery to you.

Not withstanding, I want you to know that you are not required to make any payment to the Central Bank of Nigeria in regards to the release of your payment in our vault, which is to be remitted to you via an International Certified Bank Draft. The only payment which you are required to make is $1,500USD Which is directed by the (CDDA) Courier Diplomatic Delivering Agents who are responsible for the delivery of your certified bank draft to your doorstep as soon as your delivery payment is confirm paid to them. Not withstanding as soon as the draft is delivered to you, you are to proceed to your Bank for presentation and immediate payment to your account, as we are to communicate with your Bank through our Telex Message Communication for the immediate remittance to your account without further delay.

Attached to this mail is a Payment Slip paid to one Mrs. Rosie Coleman and also here is a copy of a Certified Bank Draft paid to Mr. David Fletcher also United States of American citizien. Without minding here are my personal identities to prove to you the position of my office in the Bank as the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, you can also verify that from the website. And also my international passport is included to this mail for more prove to you.

Moreover, from the confirmation from the (TTWTD) Telex Telegraphic Wired Transfer Department of my bank in regards to your payment, I want you to know that all arrangements have been carried out for the delivery of your International Certified Bank Draft by the (CDDA) Courier Diplomatic Delivering Agents.

Kindly understand the situation of your transaction and do all you can to ensure that you receive your fund as you are at the peak of receiving your fund.

This is the only thing holding back your fund as it has been already scheduled.

I hope to have your response shortly.

Regards,
 

 

PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
DIRECT LINE: (234-1-436-0856)

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