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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: "CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA NAIROBI CBK" <centralbankkenya@instructor.net>
Reply-To: "CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA NAIROBI CBK" <equity.lawfirm@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 03:27:27 -0700
Subject: LETTER OF NOTIFICATION FROM THE (CBK) DEPOSIT PROTECTION FUND BOARD TO Bixnfleisch


Central Bank Of Kenya
Haile Selassie Avenue
P.O Box 60000-00200,
Nairobi, Kenya
Dear Bixnfleisch,
Operator: V97322 Transaction Reference Number :3255879/123COV Related Reference : 3255879/124COV Message Coder: *1238CC-7624XX*PIN: MT 202 / FIN MT 202 COV-General Fin Inst Transfer Ordering Customer: Kenya anti scam division 1CHIPS Receiving Institution: Central Bank Of Kenya CBK.
Be Notified that your overdue blocked funds of ($48,000,000.00) Forty Eight Million United States Dollars has been unblocked and approved for urgent release through Telephone Wire Message Banking Facility of the private secured Central Bank Of Kenya, and accorded with MT202 COV Wire Stream into your receiving bank, Please Your account details is needed urgently.

Please kindly re-confirm the authorization of your account details, for
verification purpose as the original transfer will be done personally by you.
The Telephone wire transfer details and transfer Procedure will be sent to you via email , Please re-confirm your email address and Mobile number before sending to us upon your reply to this email .
We strongly believe that all information's are correct on this message in your favor. If you have any further questions as regards to this message please do kindly contact Barrister Thomas Sankara General Counsel Equity Law firm at the private email and cell phone number as stated below on this message.
Email :barrtsankara@gmail.com, equity.lawfirm@yandex.com , barrtsankara@hotmail.com
Private Tel:+254 7285 30773

Awaiting your fast response.
Mr.Aggrey Jonathan K. Bett
Director, Deposit Protection Fund Board
Central Bank Of Kenya.


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