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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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Fraud email example:

From: "CHARLES SOLUDO" <contractpayment@paymentdepartment.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:57:21 +0000
Subject: CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

FROM THE DESK OF PROFESSOR.CHARLES.C.SOLUDO
THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK (CBN)
HEAD OFFICE ABUJA NIGERIA
GARIKI PHASE 2.
F.C.T ABUJA.

Attn: HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR,

CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION. CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the Federal
Government of Nigeria, your name and company was discovered as next on the
list of the outstanding contractors who have not received their payments.I
wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released
to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that, it is a
part-payment of US$22.7Million dallars [twenty-two million,seven hundred
thousand dollars}of your total sum while the remaining part will by last
quatar of this year. Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what we
have in your record and also re-confirm to me the followings:

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession and age
5) Scanned copy of int'l passport.

As soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to you in
a certified bank draft,or wired to your bank account directly from CENTRAL
BANK OF NIGERIA and a copy will be given to you for you to take to your bank
and confirm it. i will be calling you on your direct number as soon as i
receive a reply to this letter for a serious discussion on how to pay your
fund with you and also get back to me on this
e-mail:contractpayment@paymentdepartment.org.

Regards,

PROF CHARLES SOLUDO.
Executive Governor,
Central Bank Of Nigeria.
www.cenbank.org.
EMAIL:contractpayment@paymentdepartment.org.

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