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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.Godwin Emefiele" <worldbankorganizationrel@gmail.com>
Reply-To: remittancesf3@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:17:27 +0100
Subject: IMPORTANT ADVICE BENEFICIARY ,

CENTRAL BANK REMITTANCE UNIT,
CADASTRAL ZONE, ABUJA,
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY,
MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/013,Swift Code:
BPH KPL PK,A/C#3296
FOREIGN REMITTANCEOur Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/11
INSTRUCTION / WARNING FROM CENTRAL BANK.



INSTRUCTION / WARNING FROM CENTRAL BANK
BECAUSE OF FINAL QUARTER PAYMENT


Attention: Beneficiary,


I am Dr.Godwin Emefiele,The CEO of Central Bank CBN I am contacting
you today to alert you of a great Notification which will be a great
help to you, I am the new Director of fund approved payment department
here in CBN and your name was among of approval fund with all your
information from our central computer stating that abandoned their
fund worth of $10.5.000.000.00 TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY belongs to you,Please I want to know from
you the reason why you abandoned such big amount of 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, Europe,Aise and order
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 CBN

I am now in charge of your fund payment in my department here in
Central Bank CBN and like i stated in my mail that your name appear in
our Central Computer Cb-yer network work monitoring here as a
beneficiary who have not receive his contract payment for long, Be
informed that your fund of $10.5.000.000.00 TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY 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 $10.5.000.000.00
TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY into Your
ATM Card which is with me right now in my department,your ATM CARD
worth the sum of $10.5.000.000.00 TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY has been ready for the delivery to your
home.

You are hereby to quickly respond back to my department today and
provide or reconfirm to me your personal information once again where
you base right now and your home address where you desire to receive
your ATM CARD to avoid mistake during the delivery for us to quickly
submit your ATM CARD together with your current residential address
for the delivery to your Home in other for you to receive it and start
making a withdraw of your fund in any ATM machine in your country,This
is the conclusion and agreement of your fund payment here in our bank.
The information required from you for the delivery of your ATM CARD is
such as below.

Your Full Name:.......................
Current Home Address:...................... ...
Private Telephone Number: ...............
Your Whats-app Number:...............
A Copy Of Your Id Card:........
Occupation:................... ....
Age :....................

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 and delivery of
your ATM CARD to your country where you desire to receive it.

Best Regards Mr.Godwin Emefiele,
E_mail Contacted immediately: remittancesf3@gmail.com
Executive Governor of Central Bank

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