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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)
  • "your payment is being processed" (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)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348029402024 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • tundelemocbnatm@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lemo tunde" <tundelemo02@barnaul.info>
Reply-To: tundelemocbnatm@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:56:39 +0100
Subject: URGENT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DEPT.
A.T.M CARD PROCESSING OFFICE
CBN HOUSE, LAGOS NIGERIA

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DEPT.
CBN HOUSE, LAGOS NIGERIA.
TELEGRAM: CENBANK
REF NO: AUTH 1/IOD/2020/08
REPLY TO: tundelemocbnatm@gmail.com


VERIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT FILE.

FROM THE RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS, NEXT OF KIN FUND AND
INHERITTANCE FUNDS DUE FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT, YOUR NAME/PARTICULARS WAS
DISCOVERED AS NEXT ON THE LIST BUT THE PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING IS THAT SOMEONE
SAID YOU ARE DEAD AND HE IS YOUR NEXT OF KIN.

I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEING PROCESSED TO BE MADE TO YOUR
NEXT OF KIN AND FROM THE RECORD IN MY FILE YOUR OUTSTANDING PART PAYMENT IS
THREE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS OUT OF NINE
MILLION FIVE HUNDERED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

KINDLY RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE FOLLOWINGS IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE:
1) YOUR FULL NAME
2) CONTACT ADDRESS.
3) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE #.
4) COMPANY NAME, POSITION AND ADDRESS.
5) PROFESSION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS.

FROM INFORMATION REACHING US, THAT YOU ARE DEAD IN A AUTOMOBILE CAR
ACCIDENT. SO WE WRITE TO KNOW IF YOU ARE DEAD OR STILL ALIVE, BECAUSE YOUR
PAYMENT HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED INTO A HSBC VISA CARD ACCOUNT FOR YOUR NEXT OF
KIN AND WE ARE SENDING THIS MESSAGE TO YOU THIS LAST TIME TO KNOW IF IS REAL
YOU ARE DEAD OR NOT.

THE PAYMENT PROGRAMM IS A CBN NEW WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH HSBC LONDON,
WHICH WAS PUT IN PLACE TO CURB INCIDENTS OF HOAX. IN THIS SAID ARRANGEMENT,
YOUR PAYMENT SHALL BE UPLOADED INTO A HSBC VISA CARD THAT WILL ENABLE YOU OR
NEXT OF KIM DOWNLOAD YOUR PAYMENT AT ANY ATM MACHINE OR AT ANY LOCAL BANK
ACCOUNT WORLDWIDE.

NOTE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU CALL MR. TUNDE LEMO ON:
234-802-940-2024 TO CONFIRM TO HIM IF YOU ARE ALIVE AS MATTER OF URGENCY.

REGARDS,

MR.TUNDE LEMO
DEPUTY GOVERNOR,
INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DEPT.
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
Email: tundelemocbnatm@gmail.com
CALL ME URGENTLY ON: 234-802-940-2024

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam