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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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_soludo771@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mrs_marypaul774@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "charles soludo" <cbn_govt2222@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:47:14 +0000
Subject: ATTN: BENEFICIARY/NEXT OF KIN

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009,
Swift Code: BPH KPL PK,
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/04
CONTRACT MEMO
TEL:2341 4361957.
E-mail:charles_s0@walla.com
E-mail:charles_soludo771@yahoo.com

ATTN: BENEFICIARY/NEXT OF KIN,

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT OF US$42M NOTIFICATION
ATTENTION: HUNORABLE CONTRACTOR
CONTACT:( mrs_marypaul774@yahoo.co.uk )
FIRST QUARTER PAYMENT NOTIFICATION ADVICE OF THE YEAR.
IN OUR RESPONSE TO INSTRUCTION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
TO
RELEASE AND PAY ALL FOREIGN CONTRACT FUNDS TO THEIR BENEFICIARIES, I
THE
GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ON THIS DAY ISSUED THE RELEASE OF
YOURFOURTY TWO MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS (USD42,000,000,000.00)
CONTRACTPAYMENT BY CLASSIFIED BANK DRAFT.
THIS IS BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA HAS DIRECTED THAT
ALLFOREIGN PAYMENTS AT THIS TIME THAT INVOLVED HUGE SUMS OF MONEY
SHOULD BE
PAID BY CASH/ CLASSIFED BANK DRAFT AS MEASURE TO CHECK TERRORIST
ACCOUNT
OPERATION AND TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR EVERY PAYMENT.
IN LINE WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, I HAVE THEREFORE SIGNED YOUR PAYMENT
DRAFT.AND A DRAFT PAYMENT COVERING YOUR
(USD42, 000,000,.00) CONTRACT SUM HAS BEEN RAISED IN YOUR FAVOUR TO BE
DRAWN FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA OFF SHORE ACCOUNT IN AMERICA AND
EUROPE.
AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO CONTACT DR.
MRS.SANDRA
FORDS .AT THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA FOR THE MAILING OF YOUR DRATF. CONTACT HER VIA
EMAIL: ( charles_s0@walla.com ) SECURITYNO:BECAUSE OF THE
INHERENT
COMMUNICATION PROBLEM IN NIGERIA ON EMAIL ADDRES AND FORWARD
YOUR ADDRESS WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE THE DRATF TO BE SENT TO.AND YOUR
TELEPHONE NUMBERS,ALSO YOU CAN AS WELL ARRANGE FOR A PHYSICAL
COLLECTION OF
YOUR DRAFT/CASH FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA HERE.BE WARNED, YOU
SHOULD
AVOID AND PREVENT ANY THING THAT CAN CAUSE UNNECESSARYDELAY,AS THIS MAY
BE
THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT,HENCE ALL YOUR
PAST
EFFORTS AND CONTACTS HAVE FAILED YOU.
Also re-confirm to me the followings
1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession/occupation, age and marital status.
ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS.
YOURS SINCERELY,
PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN
TEL:2341 4361957
EMAIL:charles_s0@walla.com
EmAIL:charles_soludo771@yahoo.com

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