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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:
  • "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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348023376523 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • charles_s1@outgun.com

Fraud email example:

From: "charles soludo" <contract_payment43@msn.com>
Reply-To: contract_payment411@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:49:39 +0000
Subject: YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION




ATTN:

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

WE APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY OF YOUR PAYMENT AND ALL THE
INCONVENIENCES WE MIGHT HAVE PUT YOU THROUGH, MEAN WHY WE
WERE HAVING SOME MINOR PROBLEMS WITH OUR PAYMENT SYSTEM
WHICH IN ALL CASE NOT MEETING UP WITH FOREIGN PAYMENT, WE
APOLOGIES ONCE AGAIN.

FROM THE RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS DUE FOR PAYMENT
WITH THEFEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, YOUR NAME AND
COMPANY WAS DISCOVERED AS NEXT ON THE LIST OF THE
OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THEIR
PAYMENTS.

I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYYMENT IS BEING PROCESSED
AND WILL BE RELEASE TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU RESPONSE TO THIS
LETTER.ALSO NOTE THAT FROM MY RECORD IN MY FILE YOUR
OUTSTANDING CONTRACT PAYMENT IS
US$32,700,000.00(THIRTY-TWO-MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATE DOLLAS.

KINDLY RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE FOLLOWINGS:
1) YOUR FULL NAME.
2) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE #.
3) COMPANY NAME, POSITION AND ADDRESS.
4) PROFESSION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS.
5) WORKING I?D/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
NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT DIRECTLY FROM CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA.

YOU CAN CALL ME ON MY DIRECT NUMBER {234-802-3376-523} AS
SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION GET
BACK TO ME ON THIS E-MAIL
ADDRESS:: charles_s1@outgun.com



REGARDS,

PROFESSOR. CHARLES C.SOLUDO
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
DIRECT LINES: 234-802-3376-523.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam