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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: "CREDIT UNIT DEPARTMENT" <creditunit3@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: post_receivering1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 09:29:34 +0100
Subject: Payment Notification From CBN (24 Hours Banking)


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS-NIGERIA
P.M.B. 0187, GARKI, ABUJA NIGERIA

Date: 28/05/2008

From: Office of the Governor,
Professor, Charles C Soludo
Executive Governor Central Bank of Nigeria

SUB: TRANSFER FUND: PART PAYMENT OF 10 MILLION DOLLARS ONLY.

Attn: Beneficiary
Going by the order received today by the Presidency, Please note that your
payment is now placed on hold in this office for last official file review
necessary for the transfer payment to take place true our Electronics Wire
Transfer (KTT).

To reconfirm the originality of beneficiary claim, your
information's/particulars must be submitted to this office for record
porpoises. Please kindly respond to this message to enable us forward to you
our CBN PAYMENT FORM for the final release of your Approved Fund.

In addition, Send us a copy of your 'Driver's license or International
passport or any other certified ID' for record purposes. As soon as we
receive the completed form, we shall vet your payment accordingly.

Note: privacy of your personal information is an important part of Central
Bank of Nigeria (APEX BANK) providing you with quality services.

As such we would like to inform you of our commitment for collecting, using,
securing and sharing non-public personal information. Our principles for
protecting your personal information are based on the United Nation System
Standards Association Model Code as set out in World Bank's Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). It is
important to us to provide this service to our clients/costumer.)

1) Your Full Name / Contact Address:........
2) Direct Telephone and Fax numbers:..............
3) Your Mailing Address:..................................

We will be looking forward to hearing from you. For more information on your
payment, kindly reach the under sign at: +234-8062153409 thank you and God
bless you as we hear from you.

Sincerely yours,
Professor, Charles C Soludo

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