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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic delivery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your payment is being processed" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "on my direct telephone line" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • +2348038647550 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: CBN BANK <centralbank_nig_003@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:04:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Payment........Claim


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA.
(OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR)
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS

CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/006
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/06

Attn: Amarjit Singh

>From the records of outstanding Inheritance / Contract due for payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria, your name was among the names discovered as next on the list of the outstanding Inheritance/Contractors who have not received their payments.

I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Firstly, I plead on behalf of my country and the Central Bank of Nigeria for not contacting you all this while as regards to your Inheritance/contract payment which I know by now must have cost you some inconveniences, I am promising you on behalf of the Central Bank Of Nigeria that this will not repeat itself anymore and advice you to co-operate with this office and listen to my advice as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will not be held responsible for any lapses or mis-direction of your fund due to your inability of you to co-operating with me who is in-charge as the Executive Governor of the Apex bank (CBN).

Therefore, you are required to urgently re-confirm to me the following:

(1) Full name and Address
(2) phone, fax and mobile phone numbers
(3) company's name,position and address
(4) Contract/Inheritance Amount
(5) copy of international passport or Driver's License for Identification.

As soon as this informations are received, your payment will be made to you via Diplomatic Delivery Service or wire transfer direct to your nominated Bank acount overseas. Get back to me as soon as you receive this letter for further advise and directives for your immediate payment.

You can also call me on my direct telephone line: +234-803-864-7550.

Yours truly,
Prof. Charles Soludo
Governor, CBN.


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