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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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Please note about this email:

• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "CBN OFFICE" <cbnpaymentoffice2000@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: charlesoludo_2yk@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 10:16:31 +0000
Subject: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT .....

                 CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
            TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA

FROM THE DESK OF PROFESSOR CHARLES SOLUDO

THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK (CBN)
HEAD OFFICE ABUJA NIGERIA
GARIKI FACE 2.
F.C.T ABUJA.
TEL: 234-1-436 - 7169
EMAIL : cbnpaymentoffice2000@hotmail.com

 

Attn :  HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR,
 
IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT OF YOUR DULY EXECUTED CONTRACT NOS : MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

 

We apologise, for the delay of your Contract payment and all the inconveniences and inflict that we might have indulge you through.
 
However, we were having some minor problems with our payment system, which is inexplicable and have held us stranded and indolent not having the aspiration to devote our 100% assiduity in accrediting Foreign Ccontract payments,we apologies once again.

 

From the records available to me of outstanding Contractors due for payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria, your Name and Company was discovered asthe next on the lists of the outstanding Contractors whom have not yet received their payments.
 
I wish to inform you now that the square peg is now in square whole and can be vouch for that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as your response is received..
 
Also note that from the record in my file your outstanding Contract Payment is USD$25,000,000.00 ( Twenty-Five Million United States dollars ).
 
Kindly get back to me with the below requested info for re-confirmation to avoid any mis-direction of funds :

 

1.  Your Full Name                                           
2. Telephone,Fax and Mobile Nunbers for easier and faster communication                       
3. Company Name, Position and Address
4. Profession, Age and Marital status    
5. Working ID / I nternational Passport
               
As soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to you in a Certified Bank Draft or wired directly into  any of your Nominated Bank Account directly from Central Bank of Nigeria.

Thank you in anticipation while I eagerly await your prompt and kind response .

 

Regards,

 

 

 

PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
DIRECT LINE: 234-1-436 - 7169
EMAIL: cbnpaymentoffice2000@hotmail.com

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