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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: "Mr. Sanusi Lamido" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbnsanusiofficiamail@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 03:04:27 -0400
Subject: You ought to be careful now.;

From the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Finance (CBN)
Payment Board. [ FMF-PBD].
Address: Plots 745 & 746, Ahmadu Bello Way,
Central Area, P.M.B 14 Garki, Abuja.
 
 
To Whom it may concern (     )
 
 
From the records of outstanding payment, your email address was on the list of the
outstanding beneficiaries that are yet to receive their payment after meeting their
statutory obligations. I wish to inform you that your payment has being processed
and will be release to you as soon as you are confirmed as the real owner of this
email address in our payment list.
 
Please re-confirm your below details to enable us confirm if it match with what
we have in our computing system.
 
(1) Your full name. 
(2) Phone, fax and mobile #. 
3) Company's name,position and address. 
4) Profession, age and marital status.   .
 
Based on the finding by these payment board, we wish to warn you against some impostors.
We have been informed that some impostors are contacting outstanding beneficiaries in
respect to the collection of their outstanding payment that has been approved.
 
As a matter of fact we have been on this investigation for quite some times now, with only
the knowledge of World bank, IMF, FBI, EFCC, Inter-pols, some African President's and some
top government officials who are in support of this investigation and payment board to help
stop fraudulent/scams activities in West Africa, mainly from Nigerian and Benin Republic.
 
We apologize on behalf of the African President's for any delay and lost this must have cost
you. We promise that such thing will not happen again. Thank's and bear with us. You should
call me on +2348141148313, and send your reply strictly to cbnsanusiofficiamail@yahoo.co.jp
because I have received complain that some impostors are using my names and other email
service to contact beneficiaries.
 
Open and fill our attached form to proceed on redeeming your payment.
 
 
 
Regards
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
CBN Executice Governor.
Phone: +2348141148313
E-mail = cbnsanusiofficiamail@yahoo.co.jp
 
 
 
 

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