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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Mr=2e_Tunde_Williams?= <tundewilliams0022@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:14:41 -0600
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?YOU=27VE_MET_ALL_THE_STATUTORY_REQUIREMENTS_OF_THE_CBN=2e=2e=2e=2e=2e=2e=2e=2e?=

Date: 28th of November, 2013
>From the Desk of: Mr. Tunde Williams
CBN Telex department
EMAIL: tundewilliams0022@yahoo.co.jp

Dear friend,

My name is Mr. Tunde Williams of the Telex/Computer Dept. of the Central Bank of Nigeria. I am sending this private message based on the confidential nature of the transaction. Please I will like to advise that if after going through my proposal to you and you do not accept it, kindly keep it to yourself and don’t discuss my proposal with anybody.

As of this moment, I am still in service with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). And I will not by any means want to lose my job. As I found out that you almost met all the statutory requirement of the Central Bank of Nigeria and other Government department/parastatal in respect of your contract payment. Your problem is that of interest groups.

A lot of people are interested in your payment and that explains why you receive faxes, phone calls and email messages from different people in my country and outside my country (Nigeria).
Their whole game plan is to frustrate you in other for you to abandon your contract payment then they will be comfortable and free enough to transfer your contract fund into their partner’s overseas account. Their aim and target is not the money you are giving them but to frustrate you out of the contract. Hence, you have lost trust on whom to believe to be genuine or real.

I can assure you that this may last for years, yet nothing happens. To sum it up, I wish to assure you that with my position here in the Telex Department, I can punch the computer and credit your account straight. I can accomplish this under four working days. But we have to reach an agreement. First of all, you have to let me know how much you will give me at the consummation of this deal.

Finally, you will have to accept to keep this transaction strictly confidential, if you accept my proposal, kindly get back to me immediately on my private email address: tundewilliams0022@yahoo.co.jp And please reconfirm your contract particulars and amount in order to avoid wrongful transfer of payment.

Regards,
Mr. Tunde Williams
Telex Manager, (CBN)

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