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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: "Charles Soludo" <profcharlessoludo_cbn1@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:43:11 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

FROM:THE OFFICE OF
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN)
MARINA LAGOS ISLAND
NIGERIA.
Email..profcharlessoludo_cbn1@hotmail.com

ATTENTION:HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!. 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?S,WE APOLOGIES ONCE AGAIN.

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 YET RECEIVED THEIR
PAYMENTS.

I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT 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$20,000,000.00(TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS), WHICH HAS BEEN
PROCCESSED TO BE PAID IMMEDIATELY THROUGH A CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT/CHEQUE TO
YOU.
KINDLY RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE FOLLOWINGS:
1) YOUR FULL NAME.
2) PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.
3) COMPANY NAME, POSITION AND ADDRESS.
4) 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 DIRECTLY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL.FOR FURTHER
DISCUSSION AND GET BACK TO ME ON THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS:
profcharlessoludo_cbn1@hotmail.com

BEST REGARDS,
PROFESSOR. CHARLES C.SOLUDO
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
DIRECT LINES: 234-802-761-1508.



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