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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: "Dr. O. Aganga" <drogan3000@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:04:57 +0900
Subject: Payment Update

The Truth of the Matter.
From Dr. Olusegun .O. Aganga
Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)

During the last World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos
Switzerland 22-25 January 2014, where issues regarding pending debt owed
by our government and other parts of Africa were been discussed by the
World Leaders to ensure that we respond to every contractors/ beneficiary
for immediate release of their fund. We the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
have agreed to work according to the instruction given to us by Mr.
President Goodluck Johnathan after his last meeting in Davos Switzerland.
We have agreed to pay through our Central Bank Escrow Reserve Account to
all beneficiaries who have been deceived by our past government, offices
and group of people.

We noticed that your name is among the people who have waited
for years and applied every effort to receive your benefited fund in vain.
We use this medium to inform you that we have been instructed by World
Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to solve the problem legally to
enable us transferred your approved fund to you. Your name appeared in the
first batch of the payment according to agreement between Central Bank of
Nigeria and World Bank Authority. Secondly, International Monetary Fund
(IMF) has mandated that every beneficiary will have to obtain CERTIFICATE
OF LEGALITY from the office of Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit
(NFIU).

After our last meeting, we discovered that our foreign remittance
department has received account information from one Rev. Lawrence R.
Larson claiming that you instructed him to receive your own approved fund
on your behalf as your NEXT OF KIN with reasons that you have an accident
and may not be able to follow up your transfer. We receive an e-mail
together
with his account information that he is ready to pay and obtain the
CERTIFICATE OF LEGALITY to secure the fund on your behalf. Find his
account information below, confirm the account details and update us
immediately.

Account Name: Rev. Lawrence R. Larson, D.Th.
Name of Bank: MERCANTILE BANK FLORIDA
Address: 11250 S.W. 93rd Court Road, Suite 700,
Ocala, Florida 34481
Swift Code: CFBKUS33
Routing Number: 063113772
Account Number: 8602516626

Kindly furnish us with these information’s below as a proof that we are
dealing with the right person and you have not send Rev. Lawrence R.
Larson, to claim your fund as your NEXT OF KIN

(1)YOUR FULL NAME,
(2).DATE OF BIRTH
(3)OCCUPATION
(4). DIRECT TELEPHONE
(5).YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
(6). COPY OF YOUR I.D.

We are really sorry for all you have passed through with our past
government such as; Prof.
Charles C. Soludo, former Central Bank Governor. Mr. Jim Ovia of Zenith
Bank Plc, and Chief Mrs. Farida Mzamber Waziri, former Chairman Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) all the fake bank officials and others.

Yours truly,
Mr. Olusegun .O. Aganga
Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
TEL: 2348182118888



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