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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: "Dr. Kingsley Obiora -Deputy Governor, Economic Policy Directorate, CBN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drkingsleyobiora2@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:10:01 -0800
Subject: Attn: BENEFICIARY ! ...

From: Dr. Kingsley Obiora,
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria.
Plot 33, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Way,
Cadstral Zone- Abuja. Central Busines
District, Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Date: 23/02/2021.

Ref: CBN/FPD/0101373/21.

Attn: BENEFICIARY

This is a reminder message regarding your compensation Fund in the sum of US$10.5M (Ten Million Five hundred thousand US dollars only) approved by the Ministry of Finance. The Foreign Payment Department of CBN has been mandated by the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to handle the payment of your compensation Fund of the above amount. Your email contact is amongst the listed beneficiaries in the data for the sum of US$10.5M. And I have been assigned by the management of CBN to carry out the remittance of your funds into your bank account through our federal reserve bank in Atlanta, USA.

This compensation is in compliance with IMF and World Bank directives to pacify victims of internet scam. On this note, I am pleased to inform you that Ref payment code numbers are 8539 7578 0114
for the sum of US$10.5M has been credited in your Favor and ready for immediate transfer into your bank account.

You are hereby required to re-confirm your information, please kindly send to me the following: your Full Name and Address, Telephone and Fax number.

Upon receipt of the above requirements from you I shall detail you the contact of the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta, USA to enables you open communication on your payment process. Note that your Ref payment code numbers is very necessary for your claim's verification.

Further instruction/directive will be sent to you on receipt of your acknowledgment to this message.

NB: Therefore, it is very important to inform you that your payment will be release to you via ATM CARD in its full value of US$10.5M

NB: Response to my private: dr.kingsleyobiora1@outlook.com

Yours truly,
Dr. Kingsley Obiora
Deputy Governor,
Economic Policy Directorate,
Central Bank of Nigeria.

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