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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:
  • "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • +2348038164111 (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.
  • cbnatmcenter@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3acnbatmcenter@rocketmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Central Bank Nigeria" <cbn.onlinepayments@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:20:10 -0700
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD IS READY FOR COLLECTION


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International Credit Settlement
Office of the Director of Operations
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).


Attention Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract /
inheritance file and found out that why you have not received your payment
is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of
your contract / inheritance payment.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with those none
officials in the bank in all your attempts to secure the release of your
fund. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act has to stop if you wish
to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your
problem.

Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment
center {Asia pacific}, that is the latest instruction by the president of
the federal republic of Nigeria Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (GCFR).

This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw
your money, But the maximum withdrawal is ($2,500USD) two thousand five
hundred dollars per day to receive your funds immediately through this way,
please contact the Head, Card Service Department center with the following.

Information for accuracy check.

1. Full Name
2. Full Address (P.O box not acceptable)
3. Phone
4. Date of Birth
5. Sex
6. Occupation
7. Marital Status

Please contact:

James Brown (Mr.)
Head, Card Service Department


**E-mail:cbnatmcenter@rocketmail.com*<http://us.mc597.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=E-mail%3Acnbatmcenter@rocketmail.com>

Telephone: +2348038164111

The Office of the Director of Operations center has been mandated to issue
out USD$500,000.00 {Five hundred thousand usd} credited into your card
installment as your part payment for this fiscal year. Also for your
information you have to stop any further communication with any other
persons or offices.

This is to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment. Note that because
of impostors, we hereby issue you our code of conduct, which is (*206*) you
must have to indicate this code contacting the card center.

Thank you!!!

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Joy Dev
Chief auditor/ secretary
Central bank of Nigeria (CBN)

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DISCLAIMER:
This email and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for
the addressee. If you are not the addressee tell the sender immediately and
destroy it. Do not open, read, copy, disclose, use or store it in any way,
or permit others to do so. Emails are not secure and may suffer errors,
viruses, delay, interception, and amendment. CBN and its subsidiaries do not
accept liability for damage caused by this email and may monitor email
traffic.

Ce mail, y compris toute pièce jointe, est confidentiel. Il est
exclusivement adressé aux destinataires désignés. Si vous le recevez par
erreur, veuillez immédiatement aviser l'expéditeur et détruisez-le sans
l'ouvrir ni le lire. Toute copie, diffusion, conservation, utilisation sous
quelque forme que ce soit ou l'autorisation de toute personne à le faire est
interdite. Le mail n'est pas un moyen sûr et peut contenir des erreurs ou
des virus, comme il peut être retardé, intercepté ou modifié. CBN et ses
filiales déclinent toute responsabilité pour des dommages causés par ce mail
et se réservent le droit de contrôler la circulation des mails.
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Anti-fraud resources:

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