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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "CBN PAYMENT OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sanusi_lamido234@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:32:54 -0800
Subject: ATTN: IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER OF YOUR US$25,000,000.00.

Foreign Operation Department.
Central Bank of Nigeria
Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/010.

Attn: Beneficiary,

I have received a transfer instruction from the Governor Central Bank of Nigeria in person of “Mr. Sanusi Lamido” Bond with the President Federal Republic of Nigeria to credit ten beneficiaries account with full overdue contract fund valued US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million United States Dollars).

Note: out-of the ten selected beneficiaries due for payment, your name and your contact address appeared in our file as the second beneficiary to receive US$25,000,000.00 via Telex Wire Transfer.

The first Beneficiary in the payment record (Mr. John Madwel) received his payment via Telex Wire Transfer previous week. Call (Mr. John Madwel) on 678-630-7284 for verification and the authenticity of this payment.

Note: that every arrangement of your fund transfer is concluded, consequently you will oblige to pay $850 only for “Telex Transfer Duty”. It is compulsory; Mr. John Madwel also paid $850 to facilitate the transfer of his fund.

Please kindly reconfirm your existing Banking details for irrevocable transfer of your fund as recommend below:

Your Full Name………………..
Your Direct Telephone Number………………..
Your Age/ Occupation………………..
Your Bank Name………………..
Bank Account Number………………..
Banking Routing Number or Swift Code………………..
Bank Address………………..
State……City…… Zip…… Code……

Note: upon the receipt of your Banking details as stated above, I will forward our payment instruction to you to send the “Telex Transfer Duty” fee via Western Union Money Transfer.

Finally, if you need more confidence on this payment, don’t hesitate to call me on my direct phone number: +234-709-013-2818 or call Mr. John Madwel for the proof of his payment.

Best regard,

Dr. Tunde Lemo
Director (Foreign Operation Department)
Central Bank of Nigeria.

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