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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic delivery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "charles c. soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "executive governor" (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)
• 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.
  • info_stbbank@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles Soludo" <ccsoludo.private@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ccsoludo2008@workmail.co.za
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:48:17 -0800
Subject: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION:


**
*CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. *
*LAGOS-NIGERIA*
**
*OFFICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT. YOUR PAYMENT
;Ref;NUMBERS 000999/CBN/7535/2003. **URGENT.
[image:
http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=info_stbbank@financier.com]
*
* *
*CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009,
Swift Code: BPH KPLPK,
A/C#:329606=101244=169=678
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/07*
* *
*Dear Contractor/Beneficiary,*
* *
* IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION:*
* *
*We have on this 19th of July, 2008 received a payment credit instruction
from the Federal Governmet of Nigeria in collaboration with IMF and World
Bank to credit your account with your full contract funds valued at $10.7M
(Ten Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars) from the government reserve
account with our bank through diplomatic delivery.*
* *
*This is to notify you that your funds have been programmed for immediate
release into your nominated bank account but we can not transfer this fund
direct to your nominated bank account,because we are having a little problem
with International MonetaryFund (IMF) so our method of payment is by
Diplomatic Courier Service.*
* *
*Be informed that every arrangement regarding your cash payment through
diplomatic services has been made, note that your funds have been packaged
like a consignment.Note that the Diplomatic Agency has to move down to your
country in order to deliver the Consignment to your doorstep.*
* *
*Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:*
* *
*1) Your Contact Names in Full.......................................
2) Phone, Fax and Mobile #s.........................................
3) Name, Position and Address.......................................
4) Profession, Age and Marital Status...................*
*5)Your Working Identity Card/Int'l Passport.......*
*6)Your Nearest airport.............*
* *
*As soon as the above mentioned details are received, your payment will be
made to you via diplomatic courier delivery in accordance to World Bank and
IMF recommendations. A diplomat with international travel immunity will be
contracted to deliver the funds at your doorstep.*
* *
*Yours Faithfully,*
* *
****
* *
*Professor Charles C. Soludo
Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)*

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