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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)
  • "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.
  • +2348060919344 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: CBN bank <ofg105cbn@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:11:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Treat as urgent


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
TELEX AND WIRE DEPARTMENT(IRD)
CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS.

Dear Sir ,



I am Dr.Isa Dagogo, General Administrator Telex and Wire Department of Central Bank of Nigeria. I have urgent information for you, which will be very vital to you. My colleagues in the Central Bank of Nigeria and in other Ministries that are in charge of transferring money, has conspired to release your fund into another account claiming that you are the one who ask them to release your fund into this account in South Africa. I have been approached, as the General Administrator Telex and Wire Department of this bank to endorse on this stated below bank account to enable your fund be transfered. Please confirm to me if you are the owner of this account.

BANK: FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
ALABERT STREET DURBAN
BRANCH CODE: 331420
ACCOUNT NO: 61053229038
BENEFICIARY: MR. T. J. ZWANE

As a matter of fact, ALHAJI M. R. RASHEED, MR. ERNEST EBI, and their Associate in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) (C.B.N) have advised me to release your fund into the above account. Hence I decided to contact you to know if you actually ask them to do so.

This fund will be transferred to this above bank account before 20th of October as soon as I endorse and give instruction to our Clearing House to remit the fund if you are not aware of this transfer or did not instructed anybody to transfer your fund into the bank account, reconfirm your banking and contract details to me to enable me give advice to our Clearing House to release your fund and make sure you call me on the above telephone numbers to confirm if I have received your banking and contract details.

Please, this information I am giving you is a great risk on my side, so you have to keep this very confidential, as I am ready to assist you get your fund released to your account.

Your prompt response to this mail will expedite the release of your over due payment.

Yours faithfully,

Dr.Isa Dagogo
Director,Telex & Wire Dept
Central Bank of Nigeria
+234-8060919344





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