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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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Fraud email example:

From: CENTRAL BANK <offff------67@att.net>
Reply-To: cntrlbank7@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:43:05 -0800 (PST)
Subject: RE: PRESIDENTIAL COMPENSATION FUND.




CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,

LAGOS NIGERIA







ATTENTION:



RE: PRESIDENTIAL COMPENSATION FUND.





YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS MAIL CAME TO YOU, WELL I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU FOR A LONG TIME NOW.





I THEN DECIDED TO MAKE THIS DIRECT APPROACH TO YOU IN ORDER NOT TO LET IT BE AS IF I HAVE ANYTHING IN MIND AGAINST YOU. MEANWHILE, I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU HAVE ASKED YOURSELF WHY EACH TIME THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND IS APPROVED, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE PAYMENT WILL BE STOPPED OR ONE PROBLEM OR THE OTHER WILL COME UP. LISTEN, IF YOU HAVE NOT ASKED THIS QUESTION TO YOURSELF OR YOU DO NOT KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO TELL YOU.





TO START WITH YOUR NON COMPLIANCE TO MY DIRECTIVES IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS YOU ARE HAVING, WHICH IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. YOU SHOULD REMEMBER, SOME TIME AGO, YOUR NIGERIAN FRIENDS I MEAN THE PEOPLE THAT INTRODUCED YOU TO THIS PROJECT FUND TRANSFER APPROACHED ME THROUGH MY DEAR WIFE WHO WORKS WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND REQUESTED THAT I SHOULD ASSIST THEM TO CONCLUDE A MONEY TRANSFER DEAL THEY HAD WITH YOU, THEY REQUESTED THAT I SHOULD ASSIST THEM BY REMOVING THE ORIGINAL OWNERS NAME WHO ACTUALLY DID THE CONTRACTOR, YOUR NAME AND YOUR BANK PARTICULARS FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) VETTING COMPUTER AND REPLACE IT WITH ONE JAPANS NAME AND BANK DETAILS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE JAPANS PERSON APPEAR AS THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY OF YOUR FUNDS, WHICH I REFUSED THAT I WILL NOT DO SUCH THING, WHILE THINKING THAT YOU ARE SOMEONE TO DEAL WITH, BUT NOT KNOWING THAT YOU ARE NOT AS YOU HAVE NOT FOR ONE DAY KEEP TO YOUR WORD!!





WELL, BASED ON YOUR ATTITUDE, I DECIDED TO STOP THE FUNDS RELEASE MOVEMENT BECAUSE I CANNOT BE DENIED OF MY RIGHT IN MY OWN OFFICE CONSIDERING THE RISK AS IT MIGHT AFFECT MY JOB. SECONDLY, BASED ON THIS UNGODLY SUGGESTION, I WAS MOVED TO START MAKING RESEARCH ON YOUR SO CALLED FUNDS TRANSFER WITH THE NIGERIA GOVERNMENT, AND I FOUND OUT THAT YOU DID NOT EXECUTE ANY CONTRACT OR HAVE ANY LEGAL PROVE OF OWNERSHIP OF FUND IN NIGERIA, ALTHOUGH I AM THE ONLY PERSON PRIVILEGED TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION AND IT IS A FACT. WHY I AM MAKING THIS CLEAR TO YOU IS THAT I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE STILL MAKING EFFORTS SPENDING MONEY IN ORDER TO CONCLUDE THIS FUND TRANSFER PROJECT.





NOW I AM READY TO FORGET THE PAST, I NEED YOUR ASSURANCE THAT THOSE YOUR SO CALLED COLLEAGUES AND THOSE PEOPLE CONTACTING YOU WILL BE TOTALLY KEEP OUT OF THIS TRANSACTION, SO THAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE SOMETHING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, FOR THE REASON THAT I KNOW THAT NONE OF THOSE SO CALLED YOUR COLLEAGUES IS AWARE OF THE TRUE PICTURE OF THIS TRANSACTION AFTER TRYING THEIR BEST TO CONCLUDE IT WITHOUT SUCCESS.





FINALLY, THERE IS A PRESIDENTIAL COMPENSATION FUNDS OF US$1, 500,000.00 GOING ON NOW IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, WHICH I HAVE USED MY POSITION TO PUT YOUR NAME AS ONE OF THE BENEFICIARY AND THE ONLY THING REQUIRED FROM YOU IS THE DOCUMENTATION FEE SUM OF US$160 ONLY, SO YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEND THE US$160 IMMEDIATELY AND HAVE THE COMPENSATION FUND RECEIVED AS THE FUNDS HAS BEEN APPROVED. I NEED YOUR PROMISE THAT NO OFFICIAL OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA OR ANY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY WILL BE AWARE OF MY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS YOUR FAKE CLAIMS AS YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I AM DOING ALL THIS TO HELP YOU OUT OF THIS MESS YOU ARE INTO.





I WAIT TO RECEIVE THE US$160 FEE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION:





Receivers Name:Davids Austin

Receivers Address: Lagos - Nigeria.

Text Question: Colour?

Text Answer: Red.

Amount: - $160





I WAIT TO RECEIVE THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER PAYMENT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. YOU SHOULD ALSO RECONFIRM YOUR BANKING DETAILS ALONG WITH YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE.





TREAT VERY URGENT, BECAUSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED IN THE CBN PAYMENT SYSTEM WAITING FOR THE BENEFICIARY’S COMPLIANCE FOR ITS EFFECTIVE TRANSFER TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

REGARDS,





Financial Secretary, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).





CBN GOVERNOR MR. LAMIDO SANUSI

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