419 scam: "Dr Veronica Amadi [JP]"<copier66@vero.com> About Your Funds In CBN

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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:
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "charles soludo" (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)
- "drveronica02@e-mail.ua" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Veronica Amadi [JP]" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drveronica02@e-mail.ua>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 07:34:41 +0100
Subject: About Your Funds In CBN

Hello My Dear, This might come to you as a surprise but what I'm about telling you is nothing but the reality about your fund which has been held for so long with the Central Bank of Nigeria. Do you know that all the money you have been sending to the officials for one certificate clearance or the other is being used against you? well this might sound strange but am taking this bold step because of my religious belief as a christain. The truth is there a lots of forces working against you right from the last CBN Governor Prof Charles Soludo and the current Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi with other top officials of all the commercial banks here in Nigeria,they have been frustrating you by delaying your payment. There is a way I can assist you get your fund without further delay and avoid unnecessary expenses,it is risky though but one has to take it, I have directed many people through this way,and they receive their long awaited outstanding payment. What you have to do is to open a bank account any where, if you can open it around your country, it will be nice, but what you have to bear in mind is that you have to re-transfer the fund to another account immediately you confirmed the transfer from me into your account, I know why I want it this way. If you want me to go ahead, let me know as soon as you get this mail, if the transfer is made into your account this week, it might be next three months that they will find out and by then, you have re-transferred the fund into another account. Get back to me as soon as you get this mail so that I will be in a better position to know what to do. Reply here: drveronica02@e-mail.ua Thanks, Dr Veronica Amadi [JP]

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