419 scam: "Central Bank"<jumoh67@cbn.com> Attention: Beneficiary,

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Central Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jumoh67@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:26:49 +0200
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary,

Attn: Beneficiary,

This is to notify you that instructions has been received from the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to return the sum of US$800 Million recovered from some Nigerian based fraudsters arrested recently to all scam victims whom where duped in the process of dealing with these fraudsters, the office of the presidency has mandated the Central Bank to return the funds to their respective foreign-owners with immediate effect.

after thorough review of your Inheritance/Contract funds transfer release documents in conjunction with the Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund assessment report, your payment file was forwarded to us for immediate transfer of US$10,000,000.00 to your designated bank account from their offshore account with us, The Audit reports given to us shows that you have been going through hard times by paying a lot of money to see to the release of your funds, which has been delayed by some dubious officials.
We therefore advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence outside this office.

The Central Bank Of Nigeria has been mandated to verify all recent/previous transactions and re-fund all funds recovered from these fraudsters to the respective foreign owners, We cannot determine the actual amount to pay the victims of these frauds since most of the transactions were carried out a long time ago, due to this the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved a total payment of Ten Million United States Dollars (US$10,000,000.00) to each beneficairy as compensation through the Central Bank of Nigeria.

You are hereby required to forward the following details to this office via email:

Full Name:
Residential Address:
Phone Number:

Once your details are confirmed a domicile account will be activated in your name and taken to the office of the presidency for verification of files and final clearance to enable us forward your data to the Telex department for immediate transfer to your local bank account, funds will be confirmed in your bank account within 5-hours same day as there will be no stoppage from any Government departments since the transfer will be done within our telegraphic remittance system.

Awaiting your response.

Yours truly,
John A. Umoh

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