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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Prof charles soludo cbn" <contract_payment0@msn.com>
Reply-To: charles_s2@outgun.com
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:05:09 +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_s2@outgun.com



REGARDS,

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


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