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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:
  • "outstanding contractors" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "charles soludo" (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 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.
  • mr.sanueph@web2mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sanusijoseph1@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:30:34 +0100
Subject: Former Governor, (Sanusi Joseph).


Former Governor, (Sanusi Joseph).Under The Present Governor, (Professor
Charles Soludo),
Executive Director, Foreign Operation
Department,
Central Bank Of NigeriaTinubu Square, Lagos-Nigeria.Reply
To: (mr.sanueph@web2mail.com)
Attention: The Honorable Contractor With
The Federal Government Of Nigeria. Immediate Contract Payment. Contract
#:Mav/Nnpc/Fgn/Min/2001. Attention Sir/Madam, From the records of
outstanding contractors due for payment with the Federal government of
Nigeria. In my power I have fixed your name in the disclosed list of the
outstanding contractors who have not received their payments before
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor\'s desk. I wish to inform you
that this payment is being processed and will be released to you as you
respond to this letter for our mutual sharing and investment purpose in
your country which we shall estabilish under your good recomended
business such as REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT. May I use this medium to
introduce myself as the former governor with Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN). I was reliably informed by the present accounting officer for
Foreign Payment Review officer of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who
discovered the huge amount after his last year audit by the pass
government. My colleague herein being the accounting officer of the bank
asked me of my opinion since he said that he wish not to open up the
said unpaid fund to the present governor, Professor Charles Soludo and
our advanced view was orthodox having considering his position as the
only trusted accounting review officer and (OR) the economic growth in
my country. Therefore we cannot sit down and watch the fund go away
like that. Based on the fact that we have authentic and indisputable
document/files, we have succeeded in fixing your name as the UNPAID
contractor since the fund was discovered after payment were been maid to
our dear foreign contractors. Note that from the records of the
outstanding contract payment, the said amount that were discovered
worth US$21.3 million dollars (Twenty One Million Three Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) only.

Please re-confirm to me if this is
inline with what I may say I have in record the followings to enable us
direct you to the Foreign Operation Department of the apex bank where
our claim will be attened to base on what we are going to draft in an
APPLICATION LETTER FOR CLAIM which you will be forwarding to the apex
bank governor\'s office for onward payment to you through a certified
international bank draft:

1. Your full name ......................2.
Age ...........................3.
Sex..................................4. Marital
status.......................5. Home address........................6.
Nationality......................
7. Phone number
.....................and (or) mobile number.....................8. Fax
number.............................
9. Companies name and
address..........................10. Your
position............................. As soon as this information is
being received, I am going to forward to you an APPLICATION LETTER FOR
CLAIM which you will send to the appropriate department of the apex bank
and the fund will carefully be made to you in a certified international
bank draft by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and a copy will also be
giving to you for you to take to your bank for confirmation before I
shall then come over to your country for our mutual sharing and
disbursement of investment purpose such as REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT.


NOTE: this can only be done under normal circumstance if you will
dearly assure the us that 65% per cent of the total sum is rest assured
for us for making you the left unpaid foreign contractor who among
others have not received his hard earn money.

Your anticipated mail
of co-operation will highly be recognized and manifestation will be
accomodated at once to see the end of the deal, get back to me for more
discussion.

Best Regards,
Sanusi Joseph.
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