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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: charles soludo soludo <pchssoludo_cbn@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:48:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT AND IMPORTANT


Executive Governor,
Central Bank Of Nigeria.
PROFESSOR CHARLES.SOLOUDO

ATTENTION:JUSTIN THYME,

I HAVE JUST DICOVERED THAT MY OPERAMAIL.COM EMAIL ACCOUNT THAT I JUST SENT YOU MAIL THIS MORNING HAS BEEN BLOCKED.THIS IS PART OF THE SECURITY REASONS I TOLD YOU THAT I WILL HENCEFORTH CALL.

HOWEVER,THIS IS MY NEW PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:pchssoludo_cbn@yahoo.com to ALWAYS REACH ME AND PLEASE DONT EVER CALL MY FORMER NUMBER AGAIN OR SEND MAILS TO ANY OF MY FORMER EMAIL ACCOUNTS,BUT ONLY ON THIS VERY NEW AND PIVATE EMAIL:pchssoludo_cbn@yahoo.com

PLEASE DO RECONFIRM THE FULL DETAILS OF YOUR PAYMENT SLIP TO ME ON THIS NEW AND PRIVATE EMAL:pchssoludo_cbn@yahoo.com.

HERE IS MY NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER:234-8063017874

I EXPEXT YOUR URGENT AND POSETIVE REPLY,

BEST REGARDS,

Professor Charles C. Soludo.
Executive Governor,Central Bank Of Nigeria.





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