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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 Nigeria GovernorX" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: c_b_n01@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:17:57 -0700
Subject: Central Bank of Nigeria

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA FROM THE DESK OF:DR. EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
(CBN) WEBSITE:WWW.CENBANK.ORG


TRANSFER UPDATE

Sir

Your representative Mr. James Mark was in the Bank today, As a matter of fact we are going to work according to your instruction since He is ready to pay the $2,500 on your behalf for the transfer charges, but why we needed you to respond back before we release your scam victim compensation of $3million dollars to Him, he gave us an account in Malaysia.Here is the new Bank Information we received from Him today.

HSBC BANK MALAYSIA.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 29876539876.
Rutting number code 82390ACCOUNT NAME JAMES MARK .

Please confirm this so that we will finalize your transaction today since he told us that you gave him $2,500 to pay on your behalf, Please see the scanned copy of his international passport just to confirm, and please here is the Central to enable you know that you have the real Central Bank Of Nigeria Thank God that after all your surfer it is now well with you, looking forward to make the transfer today. We await your immediate response via email and.telephone.Reply to Officially Sealed to this box: padams@ukr.net

Yours faithfully.
Dr. Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria

Yours faithfully.

Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria


Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Dr. Godwin Emefilele

c_b_n01@yahoo.com

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