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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 <depinlandrevenues@gmail.com>
Reply-To: centralbqnkw@aol.com
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 22:25:51 +0100
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary,

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
PLOT 33, ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA WAY
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT,
CADASTRAL ZONE,ABUJA, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY,
NIGERIA PMB 0187,GARKI ABUJA. NIGERIA.

Attn: Beneficiary.

If you've gone through this before, it wasn't me but the wrong people
using my credential so please be careful about people or email you
received some emails are not officials. You'll need to contact your
delivery agent Mr. Sam Brown to reconfirm your delivery details to
him to avoid any confusion or wrong delivery. It has come to my notice
that you are dealing with the wrong officials in the past, please be
mindful of who you're dealing with.

Be informed that the Scotland Yard Police, Interpol, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, (FBI) United States of America, the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria and all the African
Crime fighter leaders have come together to stop scam/internet fraud
in Nigeria and all round Africa.

Our duty is to make sure we stop Internet scam and money laundering.
As for this week we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We go all
over Africa to pick these thieves/Internet rats. We have over 8,273 of
them in our jails round Africa and we are still looking for more. We
are aware that you've been deceived alot and foreigners out there
have been deceived and lost their hard earned money to these
fraudsters after promising them such mails like this.

As soon as the delivery is made, you must call me on my direct number
so I can give you the code to your boxes. Remember the delivery man
doesn't know the contents of your boxes for security reasons. I never
let him know he is delivering cash worth 27 Million United States
Dollars ($27,000,000.00) to you, you need to keep this delivery
confidential to people until the delivery is made.

Note that you must call Mr.Sam Brown as soon as you receive this email
for more discussion; direct line is # +1-701764151 Also reconfirm
your full current address and valid phone number to the Delivery
officer via his above email address at
companycourierservice123@gmail.com once you receive this email to
enable him to deliver your funds to your house without any further
delay.


You are not expected to waste his time because he will make delivery
to other beneficiary appointees. Please once you receive your
consignment make sure you sign the receive document to prove your
satisfaction and call me for your authentication Code.

Congratulations,

MR.GODWIN EMEFIELE,
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
Email: infomcentral505@gmail.com

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