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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: "PROF.CHARLES C SOLUDO" <c_soloudo2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: c_soloudo2006@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:13:48 +0000
Subject: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT

                          

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

 

ATTENTION:   

 
From the records of outstanding foreign payments due for release with banks in  Nigeria, your name and contact was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding   foreigners' payment which are stil hanging on and  who have not yet received their payments.
 
I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you reconfirm your payment details so that we can authenticate the claim legally. Also note that from ourrecord  the Federal Governemnt of Nigeria has only maped out the sum of US$6,700,000.00 Six million, seven hundred thousand united states Dollars) to be released to you for now, after which the remaining part of your  claims will be released to you.
 
Kindly re-confirm to us the followings:
1) Your full name and mailing address.
2) Telephone, Fax and mobile #.
3) Age .
 
In receipt of the above information, your payment will be approved and paid to you by wired to your nominated bank account, you are advised to get back to me immediately with this Number:234 8053617993 for more clarifications.

 Please kindly get back to me as soon as you receive this mail through my private email address: c_soloudo2006@yahoo.com

Yours truly, 
 

PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).

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