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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 Aminu lamido <aminulamidosanusi@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: sanusi_s53@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:01:39 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: CENTRAL BANK OFNIGERIA




HEAD FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OFNIGERIA
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
Federal Ministry Of Finance,Abuja-Nigeria

Our Ref-CBN/BD/PEMU/FGN/MIN/04-09

Compensation Beneficiary,

OUTCOME OF MEETING BETWEEN CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN)AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF)

The Central Bank of Nigeria in Conjunction With the International Monetary Fund (IMF is given out a compensation to victims of scam perpetrated by Nigeria scammers. ina board meeting held yesterday, your email address was nominated as one of the beneficiaries of this compensation scheme. your email address was selected as one of the 100 recipients to receive a compensation of Ten million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollar as the first face of compensation beneficiaries. this project is inline with the CBN and IMF joint mandate to compensate victims of scam who have lost a lot of money to scammers in Nigeria.

for the release of your compensation funds, you will be required to provide the following details to us immediately for the transfer of your compensation funds to your home bank account

Name:
telephone Number:
Account Number:
Name of Bank:
Address of Bank:
Swift or Sort Code if any:
Country/State
Occupation/Age,sex:
Drivers license/Int Passport:

Your Compensation funds will be weird directly into your account once we receive these details Also you will be required to obtain an affidavit of claims which will be sent to to the transferring bank that will transfer your funds to you. the affidavit is necessary to prevent you from paying any other form of handling charges like taxes or for other transfer certificates the affidavit will cost you $280 and you are to make the payment to our account department via western union to speed up the process.
you are to make the payment of $280 to the officer in charge with details below

RECEIVER'S NAME: ADIGWE FELIX
ADDRESS: LAGOS - NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION: ACT
ANSWER: FAST
AMOUNT: $280 USD
Amount:$280;SendersName:..?;MTCN Number:....?

You are to send the details of your account above and along side the payment details of the western union payment of $280 to us immediately so we can proceed with the transfer of your compensation funds. Once we receive your details, we will obtain the affidavit at once and proceed with the transfer of one millionUSA dollars to your account immediately. you are to provide these details so we can proceed.
Contact email:lamidosanusi@hotmail.co.uk
Phone: +2346 39 281 81

GOVERNOR LAMIDO AMINU SANUSI
Central Bank Of Nigeria Governor

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