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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: "Lamido Sanusi" <lamidos@rediff.com>
Reply-To: lamidosanusi@sify.com
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 20:57:29 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: FREE ACCOUNT OPENING WITH CIBC BANK OF CANADA




Attn:

Dear Sir/Madam,

After a personal meeting with the board
and the management of (Trust firm CBN),
where your funds is currently deposited,
We have decided that the funds should be
moved to Canada where the CIBC Bank has all the
legal rights and back-up to transfer your
funds to you without any delays or questions
from any body or governments of any Nations,
the amount due to you is the sum of $8.5
million Us Dollars.

CIBC Bank will open an online bank account for you,
which will enable you to be withdrawing your
funds through their online account, right inside
your bedroom or in your office, as well as making
payment from there to any of your private bank
account in any other bank of your choice
We shall give you the contact address of the CIBC
BANK immediately we hear from you, so that you
can write to them and request how best you
would like to receive your funds that is currently
deposited in their STRONG ROOM for Easy and
onwards remittance to you, you should follow
up their directives very well for easy transfer
of the funds to you, No fees is required for
the account opening with CIBC Bank.

THE ONLY THING THAT IS REQUIRED OF YOU IS THE
ACTIVATION FEES, FOR THE ACTIVATION OF YOUR
ACCOUNT SO THAT IT WILL START FUNCTIONING,
AND THE MONEY IS ALSO PART OF YOUR FUNDS,
OF WHICH YOU WILL CONFIRM IT IN YOUR ACCOUNT,
IMMEDIATELY YOUR ACCOUNT IS ACTIVATED.
ALSO THE ACTIVATION FEES IS TO MAKE THE
ACCOUNT START RUNNING AND ALSO KEEP IT ACTIVE FOR
ONWARD TRANSFER TO YOUR PRIVATE BANK ACCOUNT IN ANY
PART OF THE WORLD.

You should send your contact address, telephone/fax
numbers, job/title, and your age, direct to my private
email address for proper attenstion and response below:
lamidosanusi@sify.com

Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Lamido Sanusi.

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