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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)
  • "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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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)
  • "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +2348062316990 (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.
  • prof_20008@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: PROF CHARLES SOLUDO <prof_20008@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:34:40 +0100
Subject: I WANT YOU TO CHOSE PAYMENT METHOD AND GET BACK TO US ..FOR YOUR
PROCESSES OF YOUR PAYMENT








































CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR

From the Desk Of:Prof Charles SoludoExecutive Governor (CBN)
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT

REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/09
Cell phone. +234-806-231-6990
PROF_20008@HOTMAIL.COM


ATTENTION HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR Attention:Madras House
Dear Valued Contract Beneficiary: Once Again I Appreciate Your Response:
Dear Honorable Contractor, I wish to officially notify you that your response to the payment noticification sentto you from this office did not come to you in error but in the view of what we discovered in the file here, we have been crosscheck and verified valid for immediate payment to you as one of our foreign contractor who have not collected his due payment. The payment of your total fund in the tune of US( $22,7,000.000,00) Is been processed as i wish to officially notify you that your payment have been verified, it is reflected in our system and valid for immediate remittance to you via an INTERNATIONAL WIRE TRANSFER which will be transfer to you by our Telegraphic Transfer Department in about 48hrs as soon as your payment is processed and arrangement concluded. Your information on our payment file has been forwarded to the remittance department of my bank for your choice of transfer method. You will only be required to handle your transfer requirements towards your fund transfer, as long as this transaction is concerned.

We are sorry for the delay in your contract payment please bear with
us however you are to reconfirm to us the following information sothat the consignment do not go to the wrong person.
1)YOUR FULL NAME............... 2)YOUR RECEIVING ADDRESS................ 3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER................ 4)YOUR PROFESSION................... 5)PROESSTION,AGE AND MARITAL STATUS.................. 6)SCANED COPY OF YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE ID................ The CONSIGNMENT PAYMENT CENTER has been mandated to issue out $22.7,000,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2005/2008 payment year.You should call me on my direct line for more discussion or further clarification, I shall notify you of the Transfer requirements as soon as your Payment is been approved from the FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF) ready from the Foreign Remittance office., and we pay contractors through the following methods; 1) A Confirmable Bank Draft 2) Bank To Bank Transfer. 3) Consignment Trunk Box delivery Note that the conformable bank to bank draft will be delivered to your residential address or to any address of your choice and you will then take it (Bank Draft) to your bank for confirmation of the Bank Draft sent to from us, which after then you will deposit in your bank and then cash the fund. While the bank to bank method transfer include direct payment from the Central Bank of Nigeria to your nominated bank account which your Nominated bank will notify you on the transfer of the fund when it hit their bank. Lastly, the Consignment Trunk Box delivery is a method were your Fund will be delivered to you in a Trunk Box directly to your Doorstep by a diplomatic means of delivery. We would like you to make any choice of yours as regard to the method of payment stated above to us. Meanwhile? By your sending this information,We will submited your File to the REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OFFICE for immediate payment.So to say, due forward the requested info with the options you chose to receive your payment. Note; that you must call me as soon as you receive this email for more discussion, My direct line is +234-806-231-6990Thanks for your co-operation. All correspondence should be relayed to th I appreciate your good understanding and cooperation, Hope hearing from you swiftly.

Do and get back to me

CONGRATULATIONS.


YOURS SINCERELY,














Professor. Charles C. Soludo
Executive Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN)
Transaction code (GOD IS IN CONTROL 007)

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