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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 <sanusilamido134@live.com>
Reply-To: sanusiexecutivegovernor@live.com
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 14:30:35 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: To the kind attention of Fund Beneficiary




>From Office of Mr. Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi
The Executive Governor Central Bank of Nigeria
Plot 33, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Way
Central Business District,
Cadastral Zone,Abuja,
Federal Capital Territory,
Nigeria ,P.M.B. 0187, Garki Abuja.

To the kind attention of Fund Beneficiary



Dear, Firend



Furtherance to your impending approved payment with Federal Goverment of Nigeria,I wish to inform you that today the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr.Goodluck Jonathan had acted on the interim report of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund report on the corruption ranging from official exhortation of money from foreign beneficiaries and diversion of foreign contractors funds by some financial institutions in Nigeria and outside the country

Acting on the pre-advice of the World Bank after investigating on all these allegation,the President in other to avoid the Financial sanction by the International Financial bodies, has decided to delegate some of the functions of AFrican Banks and other subordinates Financial Institution which includes the payment of your funds via wire transfer(K.T.T)

In respect to this development under the auspices of the bilateral agreement with the World Bank, the President has directed that I should work with the World Bank office and make your payment into your designated account through the country reserve account with Bank of America.


Under the arrangement you are advised to re-confirm immediately as follows



FULL NAME_____________________
FULL ADDRESS___________________
BENEFICIARY TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS:--------------------
BENEFICIARY CELL PHONE:------------------------------------
CONTRACT AMOUNT:.........................................
BANK NAME______________________
BANK ADDRESS________________________________________________
ACCOUNT NUMBER___________SWIFT CODE___________ROUNTING NUMBER
ACCOUNT BENEFICIARY NAME_______________________
AMOUNT DUE FOR PAYMENT _________________________
AMOUNT IN WORD_____________________________________
PURPOSE OF PAYMENT___________________________________
BANK TELEPHONE NUMBER__________BANK FAX NUMBER_________
BANK TELEX _____________________



To avoid further delay in remitting your funds, you are advice to reconfirm the above stated particulars for verification of your fund which will warrant the final release of your funds into any of your authorised bank account in written .


Once you do this, then you are automatically qualified to receive your fund into your authorized Bank account, hence the Central Bank of Nigeria under my leadership as the Executive Governor is the guarantor of your payment, and there is nothing to worry about. Also, there is no interest chargeable on this transfer payment provided you satisfy the Transfer Standard setting of your payment ,I will be looking forward to hearing from you





I remain

Sincerely Yours
Mr. Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi
The Executive Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria

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