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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• 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.
  • 23417904834

Fraud email example:

From: "info cenbank" <info@cenbankweb.org>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 18:04:05 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

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

 

SUB: SUB: TRANSFER FUNDS
PAYMENT BILL NO: CBN/4071/DRC/1806/CTFC-313/00.CBN/GOV.

                                                                 FILE NO:FGN/87653
                                                                 ALLOCATION NO:10x453aa/765
                                                                 PAYMENT CODE:43900aa
                                                                 SEQUENCE NO:PPP/3348/68

From:The Desk Of the Governor

Professor,Charles Soludo

Executive Governor (CBN)

SUB:TRANSFER FUNDS

 TRANSFER BILL NO. : CBN/4071/DRC/1806/CTFC-313/00.CBN/GOV

 FILE NO. : FGN/87653

 ALLOCATION NO. : 10X453aa/765

 PAYMENT CODE : 43900 aa

 SEQUENCE NO : PPP/3348/68

 Attn:Baldgiua Miriam 

 

 

                                            WINNING NOTIFICATION 
We happily announce to you the draw (#978) of the WEST AFRICAN  NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 5th MAY ,2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054 188 with Serial number 5368/02 jack pot lotto winners drew the lucky numbers:(-02-06-21-34-35-49-(46-)"bonus no 46. which subsequently won"you the lottery in the 2nd category A i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ?US$1,000,000.000 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS)  in cash credited to your Bank account

 

All participants for the online version were ! selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our AFRICAN BOLKLET   representative office in Nigeria  as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your   (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) would be released to you by any of our MODE I.E BY KEY TESTED TELEX OR BY AN INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT .Our fiduciary agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact us with all the requirement needs to fund the release of your APPROVED FUND.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part! of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

 

For payment, please do provide with the following informations: And send it to us without delay.
 

• YOUR FULLNAME:..........................................
• YOUR SEX:...................................................
• YOUR ADDRESS:...........................................
• YOUR COUNTRY:............................................
• YOUR FAX:....................................................
• YOUR PHONE NUMBER:...................................
• YOUR OCCUPATION:........................................
• YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:................................
• YOUR AGE:......................................................
• YOUR REF NUMBER:............................................
• YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS:........................
• YOUR ACCOUNT NAME AND ACCOUNT NUMBER.........................
• SWIFT CODE AND ROUTING NUMBER.
   
  
• Please call me directly on this number for more information on your claim:234-1-7904834
   
  CONGRATULATIONS  from me and members of staff of the WESTERN AFRICAN  NATIONAL LOTTERY. 
   
  

    

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

DIRECT FAX:234-1-7599123

DIRECT TELEPHONE:234-1-7904834

 

**This communication (including any attachments) is intended for the use of the intended recipient(s) only and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or legally protected. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this communication or in part is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the Central Bank of Nigeria  by return e-mail message and delete all copies of the original communication. Thank you for your cooperation.*** © 2006. Central Bank Of Nigeria(Nigeria Apex Bank).

 

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