419 scam: Adebayo Adelabu <aadelabu@securemail.org> Ref: CBN Fund Release

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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:
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +2349077773539 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- cbndpdir1@onet.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Adebayo Adelabu <aadelabu@securemail.org>
Reply-To: cbndpdir1@onet.pl
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:38:08 -0600
Subject: Ref: CBN Fund Release

E-mail: cbndpdir1@onet.pl
Tel: +234 9077773539

Dear Sir,

REF: GAZETTE, RELEASE OF YOUR LONG OUTSTANDING FUND,

Sequel to telephone calls and fax messages received recently, I have decided to assist you in my capacity to make sure that you are paid. My decision to assist you was informed by the unpatriotic attitude of some Government officials who collude with fraudulent companies overseas, to defraud our genuine foreigners like you. Beware of Touts telling you not to answer any other calls, that you will be paid, through back door, is a lie. All payments to outside the country all over the world goes through International Banks Of Settlements, and are made by wire transfer or certified bank draft only.

I have to call for your file sometimes ago sequel to the pressure from one of your so called Nigerian partners requesting me to help him transfer your fund to another account belonging to a construction company in China, different from the one contained in your file. He was unable to produce a power of attorney from you which we requested for to facilitate the change, as the people contacting you might have seen your name in the gazette or computer among people to be paid and start make moves to con you.

Therefore be informed that due to the regulation / accreditation of funds world wide our federated oil reserve account #: 3582-024992-001, Swift Code: SCBLUS33, with Standard Chartered Bank, New York, has to be debited on â€œTurn Keyâ€ for this payment, hence your payment comes under category â€œAâ€ schedule of the federal government of Nigeria financial regulation on monetary matters Act - Section 4 -2b of 2013, budget gazette as amended in our 2015, supplementary. Your payment code under this schedule is 010CBFG/EC11XXXV-SERIAL A. Online access telephone number will be given to you to access your fund with our correspondent bank â€œStandard Chartered Bankâ€ and make a transfer on your own to any account of your choice all over the world.

Disregard all contacts from your so call Nigerian partners, if you would want us to help release your fund, because you can not be paid through those scammers you have been dealing with, if you doubt we can allow you to continue with them for another six months and see if you can be paid even a cent or not, then if finally you are not paid you can come back to us and start all over again, and all communications must be by E-Mail, Fax Or Telephone only, this is for the interest of your fund and for security reasons, and also to avoid delay as we are at the last quarter of the year

We are sorry for any inconveniences this might have caused you for the delay to release your fund, Please help the central bank of Nigeria, to serve you better and also accept our equal service to all, by complying according to the rules and regulations of the bank,

We wait for your urgent response,

Yours faithfully

Adebayo Adelabu
Deputy Governor/CBN

NB,
NOTE: REPLY TO ONLY TO: cbndpdir1@onet.pl
OR: Tel: +2349077773539

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