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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: "Mrs. Aishah N, Ahmad" <infoorgv1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:54:40 +0100
Subject: Attention fund owner, FUND PAYMENT BY ATM CARD:

Central Bank of Nigeria
Custom street Tinubu Square,
Marina Rd, Lagos Island, Lagos.

Attention fund owner,

FUND PAYMENT BY ATM CARD:

We want to inform you that the Federal Government of Nigeria, has
instructed the CBN to release to you, your seized fund,
(US$10,500,000.00) Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollar only.

This order is by the appeal the Federal Government of Nigeria received
from the United Nations (UN) and World Bank organizations after
several consultations with UN and World Bank leaders in attendance, on
unclaimed contract/inherited funds under review awaiting payment.

That your contract/inheritance sum which remained unclaimed in the CBN
foreign reserve account under review should now be release to you
without any further delay from the FGN/CBN.

Further delay to your payment or any more demand of money from you,
for one reason or the other, exccept $400 mandatory file fee, will
not be accepted by the above mentioned organizations (UN & WORLD BANK)
on behalf of you the beneficiary. The organizations warned to sue
FGN/CBN and claim damages on your behalf should the (US$10,500,000.00)
payment delayed or more demand of money from you to delay your payment
after you paid $400 mandatory file fee only required agreed .

Please Note: you will only pay $400 mandatory file fee to receive your
fund as agreed by the UN and World Bank organizations.

Your name:
Address:
Phone:
Gender:

Mrs. Aishah N, Ahmad
Deputy Governor, CBN
https://www.cbn.gov.ng/aboutcbn/TheBoard.asp?Name=Mrs.%20Aishah%20N,%20Ahmad

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