419 scam: "CBN"<cbn1@cbnmail.org> YOU HAVE BEEN COMPENSATED WITH $ 200,000.00 DOLLARS

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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:

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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "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)
- "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)
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "executive governor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "CBN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbn1888@indamail.hu>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:28:53 -0700
Subject: YOU HAVE BEEN COMPENSATED WITH $ 200,000.00 DOLLARS

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/JUNK folder,

We hereby inform you that the Scotland Yard Police, Interpol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI) the United States of America, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria, and all the African Crimefighter leaders have come together to stop the scam/internet fraud in Nigeria and all-round Africa. We have recovered over US$9.6 Million Dollars from the people we have behind bars.

Our duty is to make sure we stop internet scams and money laundering. As for today, we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We go all over Africa to pick these thieves/internet rats. We have over 5,273 of them in our jails around Africa and we are still looking for more

It was agreed that to retain the good image of Nigeria and the rest of African countries, all the victims who lost his/her hard earn money to these faceless thieves will be compensated with just US$200,000.00. This we assume will help you to start a new life. Please, you have to accept the money like that because the people (victims) on our pay list are too much. We are paying back the money we recovered from these fraudsters.

You will be paid by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury after we deliver the required paperwork to them.

If interested, kindly get back to me for more details:

I appreciate your good sympathy and collaboration, Hope to hear from you swiftly.

CONGRATULATIONS.

DR GODWIN EMEFIELE

EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

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