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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found 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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • cbncash1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "tunde lemo" <tundeleemo@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lemotunde_cbn_office@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:49:05 -0800
Subject: CENTRAL BANK :This is your inherittance fund


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS
From the Desk Of:
Dr Tunde Lemo
Remittance Director (CBN)


17/01/2007

ATTENTION : Beneficiary

We open your file today for immediate payment of your inherittance delayed
fund with Central Bank of Nigeria. Our today's media on contract payment are
due and you will see reasons why you must hasten up to see that you make
your claims before this new year or federal government in their attempt of
revoking contracts might cause cancellation of your payment.

Actually, it was $15.7 million that you are expected to be paid,so we
can transfer to US Account. Due to some logistics and political reasons, you
must act fast and not to delayed and now the best step is to start
processing of transfer of contract payment gradually.

Give us your full data,address,telephone and account informations so that
Documents from NNPC being original of your contract payment is ready to be
sent to you.
This is the amount $15.700,000 00 United States Dollars.
Henceforth, you should not fail immediately to respond to our office before
the fund will be return back to Federal Reserve Treasury.



Dear Contract Beneficiary ,In receipt of this confidential Letter, you are
required to call this Bank immediately on: Send your data to:
cbncash1@yahoo.co.uk
24Hours Customer Care Service.

OFFICIALLY SIGNED.

Delay is not good for you.

Dr.Tunde Lemo
Foreign Remittance Dept.
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Tel: +234- 8075099552

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