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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: "Alhaji Lamido Sanusi Lamido" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pament010@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:48:31 +0100
Subject: Re: EXTREMELY URGENT AND IMPORTANT.........HONEST

EXTREMELY URGENT AND IMPORTANT.........HONEST
FROM THE DESK OF MR LAMIDO SANUSI NEW EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.
Tel: +234-704-262-5997

CONTRACT #: AV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

ATTENTION: OUR HONORABLE CONTRACTOR,


I want to inform you that i am the new sworn President of Central bank of
Nigeria, therefore i want you to know that Prof Charles.C Soludo is no
longer
in this bank, so i will advise you just stop every conversation you have
with
him, and just know is you have any deal with, and also just know that from
today onward i will be the the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA governor you need to
communicate with. And also i want you to confirm back to me if you were the
person who sent some men to my office to claim your funds on your behalf?

And make sure any email you get from CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA THAT DOESN'T
HAVE THE CODE DONT RESPOND TO THAT.

You will be also advised to take note of this code word i am giving you now,
which will be HONEST, in any of my email you didn't get the code word HONEST
there
i
will advise you never to reply to the email and you will know that is is
nothing but HOAX, If you want me to give you more information on this i will
advise you call me for more information, i don't want you to get to the hand
of the wrong people, make sure you don't make mistake and do as i have
instructed you to do, Note every conversation you get from the former CBN
governor is nothing but a HOAX, or trying to scam you.

We Apologies, for the delay of your payment and all the
Inconveniences and Inflict that we might have indulge you through.
However,we were Having Some minor problems with our payment system,
which is Inexplicable, and have held us stranded and Indolent, not
having the aspiration to Devote our 100% Assiduity in accrediting
foreign contract Payments.

We Apologies once again, From the Records of out standing contractors
due for payment with the federal government of Nigeria, your name and
Company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding
Contractors who have not yet received their payments..

I wish to Inform you now that the square peg is now in square whole
and can be voguish for that your payment is being processed and will
be released to record in my file your outstanding contract payment is
US$5.500,000.00 (five million five hundred Thousand United States
Dollars).

Make sure you take note of the code word Honest. and don't make mistake just
follow my word and i promise you, you will be glad you did, just get back to
me with the below information so that we can proceed on your award contract
payment. If you dont have the processing fee for this transaction i will
just advise you to get back to me now.

Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax
3)Company name,position
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) Working/Passport's.
6) Valid home address/ not P.O BOX

As soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to
you in a certified bank draft or wired Transfer into your nominated
bank account directly from central bank of Nigeria.

Mr. Lamido Sanusi
NEW Executive Governor. C.B.N
Tel: +234-704-262-5997

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