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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:
  • "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: "Mr. Peter Njoku" <peternjoku_cbnkttdept22@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: peternjoku_cbnkttdept1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:30:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your Delayed Payment Amarjit Singh


>From Mr Peter Njoku,
Telex Dept,
Central Bank Of Nigeria.

Dear Amarjit Singh,
I am Mr Peter Njoku, a computer scientist with Central Bank Of Nigeria. I am 28 yrs and just started work with CBN.

I came across your file which is MARKED X and your release DISK painted red.. I took my time to study it and found out that you have paid virtually all fees and certificates but the fund has not been released to you. The most annoying thing is that they can not tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to you, instead they let you spend money unecessarilly.

I do not intend to work here all the days of my life. I can release this payment to you if you can certify me of my security and how much will be my percentage if i release the payment to your designated account. You will equally help me with my visa so that i will meet you after the fund release.

Note that the only thing i will need to release this payment is a special KTT SOFTWARE use by the Central Bank Of Nigeria in fund remitance. I will give you a discription of it so that you source for it and send to me. You will get a pair of it. I will use one to TRANSLOAD your banking informations, DOWNLOAD it to the central vetting computer, and use the other DRIVES to effect the transfer from CBN central vetting system here to reflect in your designated account within 48 banking hrs.

I will wait for you to confirm the fund transfer in your account, then i will destroy the TRACER CODE to make the transfer untraceable to anyone here. I will clean up all traces and destroy your file.
I will finally obtain my travelling arrangement and meet you in your country for my own share of the fund.

Please if you are interested do send me your convinient telephone and fax numbers immediately. I will send you a TELEX FORM thereafter.
Please call me or mail me as soon as you recieve this mail. Thanks for your anticipated coperation.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Peter Njoku





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