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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: "central_bankn@terra.es" <central_bankn@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:08:24 +0100 (MET)
Subject: PROCESSING YOUR BANK TRANSFER



CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
TINUBU SQUARE,LAGOS

DEAR CONTRACTOR,

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR SECOND TRANSFER OF US$7.5 MILLION FROM THE CENTRAL BANK IS READY FOR TRANSFER, SO YOU ARE TO RECONFIRM THE REQUIREMENTS BELOW FOR ACESSMENT OF YOUR BANK TRANSFER:

1) YOUR FULL NAME / YOUR COMPANY.
2) YOUR BANK DETAILS.
3) YOUR PHONE NUMBER TO REACH YOU.

AS SOON AS WE GET THIS INFORMATION FROM YOU,WE WILL START PROCESSING YOUR BANK TRANSFER.ONCE MORE CONGRATULATION AND PLEASE CONTACT THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATION REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT FOR PROCESSING OF YOUR TRANSFER.ALH HASSAN ATIKA TELEPHONE: 234-1-7651206, EMAIL ADRESS: hassan_atika@myway.com

BEST REGARDS
MR JOHN MADU
(FOR THE GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA)
Phone: 234-80-76507037
234-80-67130620





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