419 scam: ""Dr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi""< cbnatmcardss@e-mail.ua> Compensation from Dr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi(CBN)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "dr. sanusi" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- glory441_p@tlen.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ""Dr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi"" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbnatmcards@e-mail.ua>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 06:57:34 +0700
Subject: Compensation from Dr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi(CBN)

My Dear Friend,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? You may not understand why this mail came to you. But if you do not remember i or my
colleague,you might have received an email from us in the past regarding a million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded. I am using this
opportunity to inform you that this million-dollar business has been concluded with the assistance of another partner from Qatar who financed
the transaction to a logical conclusion.

I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you. But I want
to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of the bank to my new partner's account in Qatar who assisted me in his great
venture but now i am in Qatar for business mission. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness shown during the course of the
transaction. I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $3,250,000.00 I have left instruction to my secretary to send
you a certified international bank draft for you worth of $3,250,000.00 cashable anywhere in the world.

My dear friend I will like you to contact my secretary, Miss. Glory Peterson, on her direct email address to:(glory441_p@tlen.pl) for the
collection of your Bank draft, send to her the name you want the Draft to bear, that is your account name in order for her to draw the Draft on your
behalf as i have authorized Miss Glory Peters my secretary and my account officer to release the Bank Draft to you whenever you contact her
regarding it.

At the moment, I am very busy here in Qatar because of the investment project, which my new partner and i are having at hand. Please i will like
you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart, also comply with Mrs. Petersons's directives so that she will send
the draft to you without any delay.

NOTE: You are advised not to discuss the matter with any body except my secretary, also do not to accept any fax or telephone calls that does not
come from her because she is the only person i left the order on how to deliver the cheque/draft to you, and you should contact her immediately
you receive this message for more information on how you can get the draft via email: (glory441_p@tlen.pl). Endeavor to send your full Name and
telephone number/your current mailing address, {Home or Office} where you want the draft sent to you so that you will not have any problem clearing
the Draft.

Thanks, God bless you and your family.
FROM DR. SANUSI LAMIDO(DR)

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