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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)
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "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.
  • +2348079997304 (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.
  • infor.citibankgroup@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?utf-8?q?Charles=20C.=20Soludo?=" <charlesc.soludo@ymail.com>
Reply-To: chrlsc.soludo@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:36:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE PAYMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:charlesc.soludo@ymail.com



- From The Desk Of Prof. Charles Soludo Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) RE: IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND PAYMENT NOTIFICATION /FINAL NOTICE. Attention: Beneficiary, From the records of Foreign Beneficiaries who have not received their payment from the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, your name was discovered as next on the list of the Beneficiaries who have not received their payments. We wish to inform you that your contract/inheritance payment file under reference number NNPC/NIG/XX099/006 has been approved for immediate crediting into your nominated bank account immediately without any other further delay after the final endorsement of your Fund Release Order Document. hereby mandate CITI BANK OF NIGERIA to make this payment of US$10.700,000.00 Ten Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) being your contract /inheritance fund into your nominated bank account once you contact the BANK You are strongly advised to Contact The foreign remittance office of CITI BANK OF NIGERIA in the name of Rev. GoodLuck Egobia, Here In Nigeria on His Direct Open Fax/Tel: +234 807999 7304 or email infor.citibankgroup@gmail.com While contacting GoodLuck Egobia, let him to understand that I prof. Charles C. Soludo executive governor of Central Bank of Nigeria directed you to contact him for the final release of your already approved over-due contract/inheritance fund of the said amount (US$10.700,000.00) make sure you contact him together with yourinformation such as: (1) Your Full Name and address: (2) Mobile/Fax number#: (3) Bank Details where you want the money to be transferred for you: (4) Age and occupation. For more directives, Lastly you are warned to disregard any other contact with other offices or Banks unless as been directed by this Bank, We are very sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past. Thanks for adhering to this instruction.and once again congratulations. Yours faithfully.Prof. Charles C. Soludo. Executive Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN

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