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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:
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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: charles soludo <governoroffice_centralbank10@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:04:13 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION ADVICE.


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE, P.M.B 1213 MARINA LAGOS


OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR


Swift Code: BPH KPL PK,
A/C#: 329606=101244=169=678
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/04
Date:JUNE/23/12/2006.



ATTN:MR VICTIMNAME

Sir,

CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR CONTRACT FILE

we wish to acknowledge your receipt of your mail.And we have understand that you didn't instruct anybody to claims your fund but we are only trying to make sure that we did not pay to wrong person.

Moreso, you are thereby advised to follow up with regards to your payment of your fund.I will forward you file for payment to foreign remittance department for preadvice you on when and where your payment will be made to you since central bank office have insufficent funds to pay all foreign contractors.

please endeavour to contact this office as soon as you heard from them.so you should contact Alhaji sani who are in position of your contract payment.He's the one to direct your file to any of the central bank affiliated office in europe.

We wait to hear from you soonest, and be rest assured of our professional service.

Yours Faithfully,



PROF.CHARLES SOLUDO.
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
CENTRALBANK OF NIGERIA {CBN}.



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