419 scam: "SARAH ALADE"<sarah.alade@cbn.com> TRANSFER UPDATE.

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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 beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348149462520
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.
- dr.mrs.sarah.alade.cbn@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SARAH ALADE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.mrs.sarah.alade.cbn@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 23:33:19 +0100
Subject: TRANSFER UPDATE.

>From Dr. (Mrs) Sarah Alade,

Executive Director,

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Dear Beneficiary,

Sequel to the continued emergence of your names as one of the beneficiaries whose names appeared on the payment schedule chart and after a serious thought, I decided to contact you so that I will help you to receive your long overdue funds without going through all these difficulties you have passed through without success.

As a Director in the Central Bank of Nigeria, I will use my position to pay you and one other contractor Via Automated Teller Machine (ATM Card) program or By Wire Transfer (Through our Correspondent Bank in the United Kingdom, which will not require you making unwarranted expenses.

As a woman of dignity and haven served as the Acting Governor of this Apex Bank, it pains me seeing people like you suffers in the hands of fraudulent people here by making unnecessary payment to them without receiving anything in return.

However, since the inception of my new position, i have completed a transfer to a Canadian by name Mr. Mark Anderson who lives in Ontario, Toronto last Month, and I want you to believe and put your trust in me, as I can equally give you his telephone number for you to confirm exactly the process he went through to receive his fund.

So quickly reconfirm the bellow information to enable me start the payment process immediately and please only working telephone and Cell phone numbers are required for easy communication.

(1) Your full names.

(2) Your full address.

(3) Your Cell phone #.

(4) And fax Numbers.

Upon the receipt of your response, I will update you on the payment schedule, as the processing of your payment will be completed within Three (3) working days, and your payment will be made successfully.

Call me on my direct telephone number for confirmation of this email...Tel: +234-814-9462-520.

Or via my private email : dr.mrs.sarah.alade.cbn@gmail.com

Thanks and we regret any inconveniences you might have passed through in the past.

Yours Sincerely,

DR. (MRS) SARAH ALADE,

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)

Tel : +234-814-9462-520.

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