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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Godwin Emefiele" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <www.cbnforeignremittancedept@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:40:30 -0700
Subject: Truth of The Matter

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Fund Approved Payment Verification.
Tinubu Square,P.M.B.12194
Lagos-Nigeria.
Our Ref:CBN/IRD/CBX/021/2019
 
Attn:  ,
After serious thought, I have decided to reach you personally because I do not have anything against you. I am the Director of the Computer/Telex Wire  Department of the Central Bank, Sometime in the past, your partners approached me through a friend of mine who works with One of the Federal Parastatals here in Nigeria and requested that I assist them conclude a Money Transfer Deal.
They gave me your name and bank account particulars and told me to put them in the computer system so that it will appear as if you are one of the Genuine Contractors cleared for payment. According to them, they wanted to use this strategy to transfer a huge amount of U.S.DOLLARS which they accumulated through Inflated Contract Awards and the money has been floating in the CBN since the original Contractors have been paid off, so they wanted to use your account for Transfer.
We agreed that once I do this, they would give me $100,000.00 and give me another $100,000.00 when I release the funds to your account. But, when they saw that I have done what they requested and your name had been approved among the list of those to be paid, instead of giving me the agreed deposit of $100,000.00 they started avoiding me and resorted to threats.
I immediately deleted the transfer code of the funds, which is only known to me because of my position and released other contractors fund without yours.They became angry the more when they realized that their threat did not work, they started bribing other officials to get another approvals to transfer the money to you without success.
Sorry, I am 100% responsible for the delay and obstruction because of their Breach of Agreement.
If you want to receive your funds, These are my conditions:
1.You will have to compensate me after getting Approval and release of the funds in your favor.
2.You will be prepared to receive a part payment of your funds .
As you can see, it will be useless and a mere waste of time and money if you continue with any other person, so we will conclude this transaction together and with utmost secrecy.
Finally, you will have to keep this transaction strictly confidential, If you accept my submission, Kindly get back to me by confirming your particulars on reply.
Regards,
 
 

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