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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Nosa Aluyi <aluyi4business@kokolet.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:29:16 -0500
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUSTED!!!

From the Desk Of:

Prof Charles Soludo
Executive Governor (CBN)

Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/05

 Dear Sir,
 
I HOPE MY MAIL MEET YOU WELL. I AM IN NEED OF YOUR ASSISTANCE. MY NAME IS PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO, THE GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN). 

 It is with belief and trust that I send you this obvious and sensitive business proposal, to enable me and my colleagues remit the sum of USD$20.5 Million (Twenty Million, Five hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) into your account.

 

This amount belongs to ENGR. WOLF GANG ANDERSON from Sweden an operation account number 0130648335800 an expatriate with (STRABAG NIGERIA PLC.) and has been operating it since the past 14 years (fourteen years) until November 7th 2000 when he died as a result of plane crash of ADC Airline with the flight number being 747 from Port Harcourt, River State to Lagos at the Ejiri River near Lagos where the incident happened.

Meanwhile, The total sum in the account is now USD$24 Million (Twenty Four Million United States Dollars Only). USD$24 Million was the total sum, USD$20.5 Million amount to be withdrawn, USD$3.5 Million Banks commission interest. Now we have financially agreed, my colleagues and I to arrange with you a as a reliable foreign partner who will assist us by claiming to be the next of kin to the account owner who died in plane crash. The entire ground work would be carried out by us. We are contacting you because by law, we are pre-cluded from operating any foreign bank account while in service.

 

METHOD/MODE OF SHARING:-
A. Total sum with account = USD$24 Million
B. Amount to be withdrawn = USD$20.5 Million
C. Myself and my colleagues = USD$15 Million
D. Account holder (That’s you) = USD$4Million
E. Incidential expenses = USD$1.5 Million
F. Banks commission interest = USD$3.5 Million.

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) A scanned copy of your int'l p/port/Drivers license for identification.

 

Finally, I would highly appreciate it if you could make up your mind for us to do the business, which will be of great mutual benefit to both of us.Thanking
you for you kind co-operation and remain blessed as we look forward to hearing from

 

YOURS SINCERELY, 

 

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

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