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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 MRS RUTH EZE KTT DEPT CBN <drmrsrutheze.kttdeptcbn051@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:44:00 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY


AFTER HAVING A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH THE NEW GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA (CBN) AND PRESIDENT REGARDING YOUR OVERDUE CONTRACT PAYMENT.

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT OUR PRESIDENT AND NEW GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA (CBN) HAS GIVING THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT CENTRAL
BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) GO AHEAD ORDER TO RELEASE YOUR CONTRACT FUNDS WITHIN
24HOURS FROM NOW.

RIGHT NOW THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
(CBN) HAS PROGRAMMED YOUR TRANSFER AND YOUR TRANSFER WILL TAKE PLACE
TOMORROW BEING FRIDAY 4TH OF OCTOBER 2011.

FURTHERMORE, OUR PRESIDENTS AND THE NEW GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
(CBN) HAVE NOTIFY AND ALSO DIRECTED THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CBN TO COLLECT THE SUM OF US$175 FOR STAMP DUTY FEE, AS A MATTER OF URGENCY
YOU ARE ADVICE TO GO AHEAD TO THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER AND SEND THE
SUM OF US$175 IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL TO ENABLE US TRANSFER YOUR
FUNDS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.

BELOW IS THE WESTERN UNION INFORMATION YOU WILL USE TO SEND THE US$175:

RECEIVERS NAME: RUTH EZE
ADDRESS: ABUJA-NIGERIA
TEST QUESTION: WHO IS KING
ANSWER: GOD
AMOUNT: US$175
SEND THE MTCN NUMBERS,,,,,,,

BEAR IN MIND THAT YOUR FUNDS ARE READY TO TRANSFER INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
DETAILS YOU FORWARDED TO US AND YOUR CONFIRMATION PAYMENT SLIP WHICH YOU
WILL TAKE TO YOUR BANK FOR CONFIRMATION OF YOUR FUNDS INTO YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT WITHIN 20MINUTES.

REMEMBER ONCE YOU RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SLIP TAKE IT TO YOUR BANK
IMMEDIATELY FOR CONFIRMATION OF YOUR FUNDS.

I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

REGARDS,

MRS. RUTH EZE
DIRECT INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT CBN
TEL: 234-816-063-4592

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