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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: "Godwin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ljjlew@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:14:29 -0700
Subject: CHANGE OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
PLOT 33,ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA WAY
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT,
CADASTRAL ZONE,
LAGOS-NIGERIA,
TEL: +234 361 876 20000
MOBILE+ 234 80 909 654 6888

CHANGE OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.


MY NAME IS REV. NEWMAN GODWIN DEPUTY GOVERNOR (C.B.N). I AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF A RECENT EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS FROM MS JANE MOORE FROM USA WHO CLAIMS TO BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND SENT TO CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA FOLLOWING BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR WIRE TRANSFER OF CONTRACT PAYMENT, N.N.P.C, INHERITANCE FUND VALUED FIFTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$15.5 MILLION) BELOW IS THE BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS THAT MRS. JANE MOORE SUBMITTED ON YOUR BEHALF FOR THE TRANSFER


NAME JANE MOORE
BANK OF AMERICA TX2-817-01-01
9308 FOREST LANE, DALLAS TX 75243
ROUTING # 541740162
ACCT # 488030345138


PLEASE, DO RECONFIRM TO ME AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS LADY IS FROM YOUAND IF YOU AUTHORIZED HER TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND. IF THIS LADY IS NOT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WHO HAS ALMOST COMPLETED ALL THE NECESSARY FORMALITIES THAT WILL ENABLE HER RECEIVED THE FUND ON YOUR BEHALF. YOU ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO FILL THE SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE AND SEND THIS INFORMATION FOR CONFIRMATION PURPOSES, SO THAT YOUR FUND VALUED AT $15.5 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS WILL BE PAID TO YOU WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY.

I USE MY PERSONAL EMAIL IN THIS FIRST COMMUNICATION IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY, HOWEVER YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEND TO ME THE FOLLOWING


1. YOUR FULL NAME AND HOUSE ADDRESS.
2. YOUR BANKING DETAILS WHERE THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERRED.
3. A SCAN COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT/DRIVER'S; LICENSE.
4. YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS IF ANY.
5. YOUR MOBILE TELEPHONE, YOUR HOUSE TELEPHONE NUMBER
6. YOUR OCCUPATION.

HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED AND ORDER AB TRUST AND FINANCE TO PAY MS. JANE MOORE IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT 3 WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY.


YOURS,

REV. NEWMAN GODWIN
DEPUTY GOVERNOR
(C.B.N).

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