419 scam: Central Bank <okpanachiblessing4life@gmail.com> From The Desk Of Mr. Godwin Emefiele.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrgodwinemefielecbn12@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Central Bank <okpanachiblessing4life@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrgodwinemefielecbn12@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 11:06:42 +0000
Subject: From The Desk Of Mr. Godwin Emefiele.

Â From The Desk Of Mr. Godwin Emefiele.
CEO/Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN )
Tinubu Sqare,P.M.B.12194,Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/013,
Foreign Remittance Department.

Â YOUR FUND APPROVED PAYMENT OF 25,000,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS THROUGH ATM CARD)

Attention: Beneficiary,

I am Mr. Godwin Emefiele, The CEO of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) I am
contacting you today to alert you of a notification which will be a
great help to you, I am the new director of fund approved payment
department here in CBN and I saw a file last week in your name with
all your information from our central computer stating that abandoned
fund worth of $25,000,000,00 (Twenty Five Million United state
Dollars) belongs to you, Please; I want to know from you the reason why
you abandoned such big fund here in our bank for long up til this
moment without any claim by you. I hereby officially notifying you
about the present arrangement to pay you as i have been appointed and
directed to take in-charge of your fund payment here in my
department, This arrangement was initiated/constituted by the World
Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the board
meeting due to fraudulent and scam activities going on within the
African Region, I officially contacted you today because your
Inheritance Funds was Re-deposited into the "Federal Suspense Account"
of CBN last week because you did not proceed with your Claim as the
rightful beneficiary which is well known to the board and management
team of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

I am now in charge of your fund payment in my department here in
Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) and like i stated in my mail that your
name appear in our Central Computer here as a beneficiary who have not
receive his contract payment for long, Be informed that your fund of
$25,000,000.00 has been approved by the IMF and the federal government
for payment and we have decided to convert your fund into an ( ATM
CARD ) which we will send to you in your country for the withdraw of
your fund in any ATM machine in your country to make it easy for your
payment in other to avoid much expenses in receiving your fund and we
have made every arrangement regarding your payment through ATM Card
since last week Due to the instruction given to us for your immediate
payment. Dear beneficiary, I therefore to inform you that we have
approved an ATM CARD on your behalf which we will send to you for the
withdraw of your fund and we have converted your total fund of
($25,000,000.00) into Your ATM Card which is with me right now in my
department, your ATM CARD worth the sum of $25,000,000.00 has been
ready for the delivery to your home.

Your Full Name:.......................
Your Country And Location:.........................
Current Home Address:.........................
Private Telephone Number:...............
A Copy Of Your Id Card:........
Occupation:.......................
Age/Sex:....................

Kindly provide the following information and respond back to my
department today as I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as
possible with the required information for the proceed..

kindly send an email to this email(mrgodwinemefielecbn12@yahoo.com) to
get an immediate response.

Best Regards,
Mr.Godwin Emefiele.
CEO/Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN)

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