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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: Dr Tunde Lemo <tundelemo10004@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <tundelemo111@mailbox.gr>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:47:44 +0100
Subject: Hello



FROM THE DESK OFMR. TUNDE LEMODEPUTY GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ME, KINDLY VISIT THISWEBSITE: http://www.cenbank.org/aboutus/BOARDOFD.HTM NOTE; THIS TRANSACTION IS PERSONAL BETWEEN ME AND YOU SO YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INFORM ANY MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF MY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS MATTER RE TRANSFER OF US$18.5MILLION. HELLO, I AM MR. TUNDE LEMO, DEPUTY GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.I'M PLEASED TO CONTACT YOU BASED ON A CONTRACT WHICH HAS BEEN EXECUTED BY A FOREIGN FIRM FOR THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CO-OPERATION (NNPC) BY THE IMMEDIATE PAST ADMINISTRATION THE CONTRACTORS HAS BEEN PAID THEIR FULL AMOUNT LEAVING THE ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$18.5MILLION WHICH WAS REALIZED AS A RESULT OF DELIBERATE DELAY BY ME ON THEIR PAYMENT AND THE MONEY STILL REFLECTING IN THE CO-OPERATION'S ACCOUNT IN THE CENTRAL BANK AS UNPAID. THIS CONTRACT WORTHS USD$82.5MILLION ACCORDING TO RECORDS,HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND THE MONEY HAS BEEN PAID TO THE FOREIGN FIRM. BEING THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK, I AM LOOKING FOR A NEUTRAL FOREIGNER LIKE YOU WHO WILL PRESENT HIMSELF/HERSELF AS THE FOREIGN CONTRACTOR WHO EXECUTED THE CONTRACT SO THAT WE WILL CLAIM THIS ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$18.5MILLION THAT IS LEFT BEHIND AND SHARE IT ACCORDINGLY. ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS THAT ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE APPROVED FOR THE SMOOTH PAYMENT OF THIS MONEY WILL HAVE TO PASS THROUGH MY OFFICE FOR FINAL APPROVAL.I WILL ALSO LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND THAT YOU ARE NOT AT ANY RISK AT ALL.THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED AS FOLLOWS AT THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION: 30% FOR YOURSELF (ACCOUNT OWNER), 65% FOR MYSELF AND WE WILL SET ASIDE 5% FOR THE TRANSFER EXPENSES. AS SOON AS YOU ACCEPT THIS OFFER, YOU WILL FORWARD TO ME YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATIONS WHICH I WILL FORWARD TO THE ACCOUNTS DEPT OF CBN FOR ONWARD PROCESSING, APPROVAL AND TRANSFER OF THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. YOURS IN BUSINESS,MR. TUNDE LEMO.(DEPUTY GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA)
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