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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "www.cenbank.org" (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 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.
  • dgfsscbn202@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "tunde lemo" <tundelemodgcbn17@gala.net>
Reply-To: dgfsscbn202@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 04:43:29 +0100
Subject: TRANSFERING OF USD$19.5MILLION TO YOU


*From the Desk of:
Dr. Tunde Lemo
(Dept Gov. Financial Sector Surveillance CBN)
Tel / Fax:+238087489141 *

*Due to the delicate nature of this transaction, I strongly advise that you
do not divulge any of the information below to any party, keep confidential.
*

*For the office I represnt go to: **
http://www.cenbank.org/AboutCBN/TheBoard.asp?Name=Mr%2E+Tunde+Lemo&Biodata=lemo
*<http://www.cenbank.org/AboutCBN/TheBoard.asp?Name=Mr%2E+Tunde+Lemo&Biodata=lemo>

* *

*Hello Dear,*


* I am Dr. Tunde Lemo, Deputy Governor Financial Sector Surveillance
Central Bank Of Nigeria. I am pleased to contact you based on a contract
which has been executed by a foreign firm for the Nigeria National Petroleum
Co-operation (NNPC).*


*An accrued interest of US$19.5 million was realized as a result of
deliberate delay by me on their payment and the money still reflecting in
the NNPC account in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as Unpaid which I have
all the payment information and receipt to.*


*This contract is worth USD$115.2 million. According to records, the
contract has been executed and the money has been paid to the foreign firm.
*


*Being the Deputy Governor Of the Apex Bank, I feel comfortable claiming the
money for my own but I can't because I have to be a foreigner who did
contract in Nigeria. I am looking for a neutral foreigner like you whom I
will present as the foreign contractor who executed the contract so that we
will claim this accrued interest of US$19.5 million that is left and share
it accordingly.*


*I have already made plans that a company that will represent you will be
formed and back dated to correspond with the date on which the original
contract was executed.
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
pass through my desk for final approval, this give us a greater opportunity
of getting this money.
I will also like to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free and
that you are not at any risk.*


*The money will be shared as follows at the successful conclusion of this
transaction: 25% for yourself as the Contractor, 70% for me as the
Initiator, and we will set aside 5% for the transfer expenses. *


*Kindly send your reply to:(**dgfsscbn202@gmail.com* <dgfsscbn202@gmail.com>
*)*

*yours in business,*

*Dr. Tunde Lemo.*

*(Deputy Governor Financial Sector Surveillance Central Bank of Nigeria) *

**

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