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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: KINGSLEY MOGHALU <kingsdgovernorcbn2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:43:50 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP

MY NAME IS DR KINGSLEY MOGHALU FROM CBN ,I AM NEWLY APPOINTED TO HEAD
THE DEPARTMENT OF (FFSD) IN THE APEX BANK (CBN). AND I AM A NIGERIAN .IN
PURSUIT, I AND TWO OTHER STAFF OF MY DEPARTMENT FOUND OUT SOME
IRREGULARITIES GOING ON WITH YOUR PAYMENT ,WE FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAD MET
ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR YOU TO BE PAID BY OUR BANK BUT ALL
EFFORTS WAS FUTILE . I AM NOT HAPPY IN ANY WAY ON HOW SOME STAFFS ARE IN
COLLABORATIONS WITH GHOST WORKERS WHICH THEY HAS BEEN EXTORTING MONEY FROM
YOU IN A PRETEXT TO HELP YOU RECEIVE YOUR (TEN MILLION DOLLARS) THAT WAS
KEPT ON HOLD FOR THE PAST YEARS AGO .

I WILL ADVISE YOU FROM THIS MOMENT TO DECLINE OR STOP FROM COMMUNICATING
WITH THESE UNSCRUPULOUS ELEMENTS THAT PARADED THEMSELVES TO BE GOOD
INNOCENT PEOPLE, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU DID NOT STOP FROM
DEALING WITH THIS BAD ELEMENTS , NOTE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE PAYING YOUR
HARD EARNED MONEY TO THEM WITH THEIR ENDLESS STORIES, REQUESTING ONE
CERTIFICATE TO ANOTHER. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT SINCE FEW YEARS AGO THIS
THEIR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES HAD STARTED AND NONE OF THEM CAN PAY YOU $100
OR THE SUPPOSED MONEY OWED TO YOU . NOTE THAT ALL THE MONEY YOU HAD PAID TO
THEM WERE USED FOR THEIR PERSONAL BENEFITS, I REPEAT THAT YOU SHOULD STOP
ANY FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE WITH THIS IMPERSONATORS, UNSCRUPULOUS HUMAN
BEINGS.

IT IS A PITY THAT THIS PEOPLE HAD EXTORTED MUCH MONEY FROM YOU BUT I HAD
PERSONALLY INTRODUCED A DEVICE THAT CAN BE POSSIBLY USE TO PAY YOU ALL THIS
MONEY BEEN OWED TO YOU WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DOCUMENTATIONS, BUT IT MUST BE
KEEP SECRET BECAUSE I WANT TO USE THE METHOD NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TOP
OFFICIALS USED TO BRING IN AND OUT FOREIGN CURRENCIES INTO OUR COUNTRY ,
ALSO SAME WAY BY USING A SERVICE OF A DIPLOMAT ATTACHE FROM AN EMBASSY ,
IT WILL BE ARRANGED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC PREFERENCE CARRIAGE SCHEME . I
WILL DISPATCH ONE BOX THAT WILL CONTAINED $10M AND OF $100 BILLS TO YOUR
PRIVATE ADDRESS AND AFTER RECEIPT OF THE BOXES AND YOU CONFIRM THE CONTENTS
BY HELP OF YOUR BANKERS, I WILL ARRANGE TO COME OVER THERE FOR MY SHARES OF
5%.

I WILL ADVISE THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ANY BODY TO KNOW ABOUT THIS METHOD TO
AVOID SOME PEOPLE EYEBROWS. I HAD ARRANGED WITH A DIPLOMAT ATTACHE , THE
COMPANY AGREED TO DISPATCH THE BOX BUT I DID NOT DISCLOSED TO THEM THE
AMOUNT INVOLVE , THIS IS TO GUIDE AGAINST THEFT .

I WILL FINALLY CONCLUDE WITH THE DIPLOMAT WHEN I RECEIVE YOUR CONSENT OF
INTEREST AND GO AHEAD ORDER , KINDLY STOP ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH
THESE PEOPLE AND DO NOT PAY ANY MORE MONEY TO THEM OR TO THOSE CALLED
THEMSELVES BANK OFFICIALS,

I WILL FURNISH YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR GO
AHEAD ORDER FROM YOU AND WE WILL SHARE THE FUND WHEN IT IS SAFELY
DELIVERED , MOST IMPORTANTLY , BEAR IN MIND , THE DIPLOMAT AGENT HAS
VIVIDLY CONFIRMED THAT WE SHOULD PROVIDE THE COMPANY WITH THIS INFORMATION
BELOW.

(1) YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS WHERE TO DELIVER THE BOXES
(2) YOUR PRIVATE PHONE NUMBERS
(3) YOUR COPY OF IDENTITY OF ANY KIND
ALONG WITH NUMBER BELOW
(4) ON MY SIDE I WANT A PROMISSORY NOTE OF 5% OF THE FUND FROM YOU , IT
WILL BE AGREEABLE BETWEEN US TO GIVE M(E COMPENSATION IMMEDIATELY IT IS
SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED .

AWAITING TO HEAR FROM YOUR QUICK RESPONSES BEFORE I SHOULD PROCEED FURTHER .

BEST REGARDS

*DR KINGSLEY MOGHALU*CBN,DEPT (FFSD),

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