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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. Suleiman Barau" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wiretransferdepart@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 01:53:31 +0200
Subject: Re:Your Fund Payment Ready!..

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
TELEX REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS-NIGERIA
CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/0010,
Swift Code: BPH KPL PK,
A/C#: 329606=101244=169=678
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/0010
Dearest Client,
My Name is Alhaji. Mr. Suleiman Barau Director Telex Remittance Department Central Bank of Nigeria.
Following the our come of the Board meeting this morning with President of Federal Republic of Nigeria(Mr. Goodluck E. Jonathan),Member of Federal Executive Council, and Secretary to the United Nation, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, myself, and Senate President including United States Ambassador of U.S Embassy in Nigeria. I was mandated to personally look into your case file which has been pending for the past 5-10 yrs. From all indications, their has been several reports coming from the International Communities that contractor are been duped by fraudsters and criminals from Nigeria. These was the reasons why the Federal Executive Council has appointed me to handle this transaction personally and give him the daily report and ensure that your contract payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria is finally resolve once and for all.
A part payment of $10.7 Million Dollars has already been approved a by Federal Executive Council(Federal Government of Nigeria) this morning, all you are required to do now is to provide your Bank information where you want your contract funds or winnings to be transferred into. You are advise to provide all the information to me via Email:(wiretransferdepart@mail15.com) AND (wiretransferdepart@cenbank.org)
Name:
Address:
Company:
Status:
Scan Copy of your Identity:
Age:
Tel:
Occupation:
Bank Name:
Bank Address:
Account Name:
Account Number:
Routing: / Swift:
Kindly provide the information's within the next 24hrs to our telex department make the transfer of the $10.7 Million Dollars into your Bank account without any delay. But if you don't want wire transfer,we can issue you a Certified Bank draft or Automatic Teller Machine (ATM CARD) MasterCard, which will be delivered directly to your address, as well as cash cargo delivery, If you prefer this method, kindly provide your full name, address and telephone, let us know, if ATM Card(Mastercard) or Bank Draft. Incase if you want it via cash payment, we can make arrangement for your payment to be pay to you via Diplomatic Cash Delivery, or you can travel to any of our off-shore payment center's in Europe or Asia. You are therefore advice to get back to us urgently.
Awaits your urgent response.
Regards,
Alhaji Mr. Suleiman Barau
Director Telex Remittance Department(CBN)
Head Office, Abuja - Nigeria.
Tel: +234 909 111 0811
Email: wiretransferdepart@mail15.com
Email: wiretransferdepart@cenbank.org
 

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