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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: "SANUSI LAMIDO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sanusilamido442@live.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:15:58 +0100
Subject: AWAITING PAYMENT TO YOU.

FIRST QUARTER PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
[OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN; BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON CONTRACT PAYMENT]
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. (CBN.)
REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/751/08

ATTN: HONORABLE BENEFICIARY,

This is to bring to your notice about the due process of your
outstandingcontractual payment which was suspended by the Federal
ministry of Financethereby stopping the telex unit to pause the
transfer of your contract fund to your nominated Bank Account.

As a result of this development, verification conducted by the newly
appointed Finance Minister in conjunction with the NewlyAppointed
Member of Presidential Board of Trustee on Debt VerificationPanel to contact
you and let you Know that your contract case file as stated thus;

Payment Bill no: cbn/4071/drc/1806/ctfc-313/00.cbn/gov.
File no: fgn/87653
Allocation no: 10x453aa/765
Payment Code: 400326AX
Sequence no: ppp/3997/89
Contract Value: $7,000,000.00 ,

has been endorsed for payment. awaiting your confirmations.
The release of this Contract fund is temporarily on hold, as one Mr.
Bryan Warren, came to my office in company of one Barrister Bankole
Oshomoluwe and presented an Affidavit of Death Certificate showing
that you are dead,that you died in an auto crash in March 2007.

And based on the meeting held with other Directors of your Company,
he (Bryan Warren) was assigned to follow up the payment and court
granted him authorization to your payment as your partner/beneficiary.
He also presented photocopies of your payment releasing document and
offered me the sum of ($5,000) dollars cash aside the charges fee for
the transfer of the fund which he accepted to foot the release of the
payment to a new account he provided to enable me facilitate the final
release of the money.

Based on the new Address submitted to this office, my Office desk has
just received a new contact address from Mr. Bryan Warren, to deliver
your Payment into a new address as stated below.

100 Wellington Street West ,
Suite 1200 ,
Toronto , Ontario , Canada ,
M5K 1J3

The total contract value of $7,000,000 US Dollars (seven Million United
States Dollars only) was approved by the presidency for immediate
payment toMr. Bryan Warren, as your beneficiary/Partner.

(1) Please, confirm to our Bank/Office if you have instructed Mr. Bryan
Warren, to appoint an attorney/agent on your behalf thereby asking
that he receives cash call Remittance on your behalf as your Partner.
(2) Please, also confirm if you have authorized Bryan Warren, To
change your Residential Address to the following address stated below.

100 Wellington Street West ,
Suite 1200
Toronto , Ontario , Canada ,
M5K 1J3.

We have decided to contact you for re-verification because we suspected
that Bryan Warren, is trying to divert your money through the sworn
affidavit to a new different address as your Partner/Beneficiary.

Therefore, if you are alive and had not authorized Mr. Bryan Warren, to
claim this Contractual Payment on your behalf as your Partner, Kindly
get back to us with the down listed information requested for
re-confirmation/verifications and for fast and swift release of the
Fund to you without any Further Delay.

But failure to hear from you within 48 hours, automatically indicates
that Mr Bryan Warren,s claims are right and the money should be
legally paid to him.
1) Your Full Name: ______________________________
2) Your Address in full (Physical Address with Zip Cod
not.O.BOX):_______________________
3) Name of City of Residence: _____________________
4) Country:__________________
5) Age/Marital Status_______________________
6) Direct Telephone Number: _________________
7) Mobile/ Fax #__________________________
8) Company Name/Position _________________
9) How You Want Your Money (Either via WIRE TRANSFER, OR ATM CARD
.
The payment of this money is hereby put on hold until we receive a
confirmation from you.
Get back to me on this E-mail Address: sanusilamido442@live.com

SANUSI LAMIDO
GOVERNOR (C.B.N)

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