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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "computerscientist1 @hotmail.com" <computerscientist1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: computerscientist1@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:43:43 +0000
Subject: YOUR LONG AWAITING CONTRACT PAYMENT

ATT: HON.CONTRACTOR,

DEAR SIR,

I AM MR. HARRISON DOYLE, THE COMPUTER SCIENTIST OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA (CBN) UNDER CHIEF PAUL OGWUMA AND CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI. IT MAY
INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS TYPING ALL THE FAXES AND
EMAILS YOU WERE RECEIVING THEN FROM THE CBN IN THE PAST. INCIDENTIALLY THE
NEWLY APPOINTED CBN GOVERNOR PROF.CHARLES SOLUDO RETAINED ME AS HIS
CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY.

I HAVE THEREFORE DECIDED TO REVEAL THIS SECRET TO YOU NOW THAT MY FORMER
BOSS DR. PAUL OGWUMA AND CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI HAS RESIGNED. THEY ACTUALLY
RESIGNED LARGELY DUE TO WHAT I HAVE TO REVEAL TO YOU NOW.THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF
THE DELAY IN RELEASING YOUR FUND HAS BEEN THAT MY FORMER BOSS AND OTHER
OFFICIALS CONCERNED WITH THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND ACTUALLY CONSPIRED TO
DIVERT YOUR FUND TO ANOTHER ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.
THE SEVERAL CHARGES AND FEES BEING DEMANDED FROM YOU ALL THIS WHILE WAS
MEANT TO FRUSTRATE YOU SO THAT YOU WILL ABANDON IT THINKING IT IS ALL A
SCAM. BY THIS, YOUR FUND WOULD BE TERMED UNCLAIMED THEREBY GIVING THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER YOUR FUND TO THEIR CODED ACCOUNT TO BE SHARED AMONG
THEMSELVES.

OUR PRESIDENT, CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO ON HIS EFFORT TO REDEEM THE NIGERIA
DENTED IMAGE ABROAD HAS APPROVED LARGE SUM OF MONEY TO OFFSET ALL FOREIGN
AND LOCAL CONTRACTORS OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS ALSO EXTENDED TO
THOSE WHO ARE YET TO RECEIVE THEIR INHERITANCE AND CONSIGNMENT(FUND) FROM
VARIOUS SECURITY COMPANIES ABROAD. BUT THIS , MY FORMER BOSS IGNORED. THE
CODED ACCOUNT WHERE CHIEF SANUSI AND HIS COLLEAGUES WANTED TO DEPOSIT YOUR
FUND IS IN GERMANY. THEY SUCCEEDED IN DIVERTING SOME FUNDS BELONGING TO
FOREIGNERS TO THAT ACCOUNT THE MOST RECENT IS THAT OF MR. MICHAEL T. HALL OF
THE USA. THEY ALSO DESTROYED CERTAIN VITAL DOCUMENTS IN YOUR FILE TO AVOID
THE FRAUD BEING DETECTED.

NOW THAT A NEW GOVERNOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED FOR THE CBN, I AM BEING ASKED TO
PRESENT TO HIM THE LIST OF GENUINE CREDITORS FOR ACCREDITATION AND
SETTLEMENT.THEREFORE FEEL FREE TO RECONFIRM YOUR CONTRACT DETAILS INCLUDING
YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO ME SO THAT I WILL INSTRUCT YOU ON WHAT TO DO
TO GET YOUR PAYMENT.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR.HARRISON DOYLE.
SECRETARY TO CBN GOVERNOR
PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO

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