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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • paymaster.cbn@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: paymaster.cbn@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:34:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Urgent


=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA.=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Klm 3 Garki-Abuja.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Ref/cbn/009/fgn.
=A0
=A0
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Your contract payment, why you have not=
successeded.

=A0Attn:Beneficiary,
=A0
=A0
=A0I have waited patiantly to hear directly from you,but untill now, i deci=
ded to
reach you directly through your e-mail.=20
=A0
This has to do with your un-paid contract fund ($25.2m) which you executed =
with
=A0the Federal Government of Nigeria some few years back.Your patners appro=
ach me
through a lady friend of mine,who is a secretary to the minister of petrole=
uim.
=A0
She helped them to =A0remove the name of the rightfull foreign contractor w=
ho
died some years back and replaced it with your info as the legitimate
contractor.
=A0
=A0As am writting you now your data now appear in the Central Bank Of Niger=
ia, vetting computer as the legitimate contractor,.Now your name are among =
some foreign contractor
that are due for payment.=20

They(your partner)promised to give me 30%,because am the only officer and a=
s
chairman of the committe priviladge to know that you did not execute any
contract let alone coming to Nigeria,but later did i know that they were pl=
aying
on my intelligency,they were planning to get this money and do away with it=
even
without your knowladge.
=A0
So this is why am reaching you now for you to mutually let me know what you=
are
going to give out of your own free will so as i will assist in transfering =
of
this fund to your bank account,.
=A0
Because after my confrontation with your patners ,they became afraid and we=
nt
into hiding.Remember am the only person previladge to know about this,as fo=
r
other member of the committe they strongly believed you are the legitimate =
owner
if the fund.=20
=A0
let=A0 me wait for now, untill i get your positive response.if you are read=
y to
work with me,you can contact Paymaster.CBN@gmail.com.
=A0
Regards:
=A0
Dr=A0 Ibrahim Smith Adams.
( chairman foreign Operation Department)
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Central Bank Of Nigeria=0A=0A=0A

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