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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348029235106 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • cbn_governor_yes@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • chiefsoludo@eriga.lv (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?OFFICE=20OF=20THE=20GOVERNOR?= <cbn_governor_yes@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: chiefsoludo@eriga.lv
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:02:23 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: RE:AWAITING YOUR RESPONCE


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: cbn_governor_yes@yahoo.co.uk

From the office of the Governor(C.B.N)

Private EMAIL chiefsoludo@eriga.lv

Tel:234-80-29235106

ATTN:BENEFICIARY/ CONTRACTOR :



NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS MESSAGE AND IN ANY

ATTACHMENTS, CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND IS

INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE ATTENTION AND USE OF THE NAMED

ADDRESSEE (S). IT MUST NOT BE DISCLOSED TO ANY

PERSON(S) WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. IF YOU ARE NOT THE

INTENDED RECIPIENT, OR A PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR

DELIVERING IT TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE NOT


AUTHORIZED TO AND MUST NOT, DISCLOSE, COPY,DISTRIBUTE,

OR RETAIN THIS MESSAGE OR ANY PART OF IT.


RE: UNPAID CONTRACT SUM


After waiting to hear from you or your Nigeria

partners for a long time now, I decided to make this

direct approach to you in other not to let it be as if

I have anything in mind against you. I do not know if

you have asked yourself why each time the release of

these fund is approved, all of a sudden, the payment

will be stopped or one problem or the other will come

up. If you have not asked this question or you do not

know, this is an opportunity for me to tell you.


Some time ago, your Nigerian friend I mean the people

that introduced you to the project approached me

through my dear Wife who works with the federal

Ministry of Finance and requested me to assist

them conclude a money transfer deal they had with you,

they requested me to assist them by removing the

original contractors name, companys name and bank

particulars from Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) vetting

computer and replacing them with your name and your

bank details in order to make you appear as the

rightful beneficiary of this funds. I agreed on

condition that they will pay me $100,000 as soon as

your name appears as the beneficiary.I did as agreed

and demanded to be paid but your friends started

telling me stories. They even told me that you promise

to send money to me. Do you know that up till now, I

have not received a single cent from them and have not

set my eyes on any of them.


Based on their attitude, I decided to stop the funds

release movement because I cannot be denied of my

right in my own office considering the risk as it

might affect my job. Secondly, I know the source of

the funds and you did not execute any contract in

Nigeria, although I am the only person privileged to

know this information and it is a fact. Why I am

making this clear to you is that I can see that you

are still making efforts spending money in order to

conclude this project. Now I am ready to forget the

past, I do not need the $100,000 any longer from you

but a share of 25% of the total sum. I need your

assurance that those your colleagues will be totally

keep out of this transaction, I know that none of them

is aware of this transaction after trying their best

to conclude it without my consent.


Finally, I need your promise that no official in Nigeria will be aware of my

involvement in this regard. Now re-assure me that you

will be willing to offer me the 25% of the fund, that

you will assist my wife and personal assistant to

establish a foreign account in your country where my

share will be lodged.



If you are ready to conclude this business with

me,you

can contact me immediately on (EMAIL:chiefsoludo@eriga.lv or call me on my direct number 234-80-29235106


so that we can have chat over this issue once and for

all so that we can move forward. But if the reverse is

the case, do not bother yourself to reach me.


Regards, DR. Charles Soludo

- OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

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