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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • paymastergeneralxxx1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA."<icpc_antifraudunit@myway.com>
Reply-To: paymastergeneralxxx1@myway.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:33:36 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CBN DEBT PAYMENT NOTICE OF OVERDUE FUNDS














CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIAN

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENTCORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS.TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS.

THE HONORABLE, GOVERNOR OF CBN. Email:(paymastergeneralxxx1@myway.com) Date: 26th, January, 2007. Our Ref: CBN/OHG/OXD1/2007 Your Ref:.............TELEX: CENBANK.

PAYMENT FILE: CBN/BEN/07.

ATTN: Dear Beneficiary, CBN DEBT PAYMENT NOTICE OF OVERDUE FUNDS This letter will definately be amazing to you because of it’s realistic value.Sorry for the inconveniences that was rendered to you in your line of Inheritance Payment transaction with some Nigerian Officials some while ago.I know that this letter will hit you by surprise, but firstly I will like to introduce myself; I am (Prof. Charles Soludo) the rightful Governor of The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Executive Chairman of "E.C.D.R".On the 1st of October 2006, the President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo) introduced a Commission named the

"E.C.D.R" (ExecutiveCommittee on Debt Recovery) which is duly registered under the United Nations (U.N.) and the Federal Government of Nigeria. This particular Commission was initiated to detect fraud/fund delays/interrupted funds Payments and to also Settle foreign debts/fraud victims/Un-paid beneficiaries to satisfactory in other to maintain peace in the world at large.Presently, we are being paid by the American government inother to avert Scam and also to avert beneficiary funds delays here in Nigeria.So far, we have succeeded in Settling the likes of (Mrs. Daisy Fox, Mr. Edward Smyth etc).You are being contacted by this office today dated (26th, January, 2007) because your Case File (A) is the very first File on our Settlement Files Cabinet. Your Inheritance Funds were Re-depositted into the "Federal Suspense Account" of CBN last week, because you did not completely forward your Claim as the Right beneficiary.Through the Intelligent investigations and verification
processes of our Intelligent Monitoring Unit (I.M.U), we also discovered that this Funds valued (100,000,000(USD ONLY)) is in your name and to this note The International Remittance Department was ordered by the Executive Committee on Debt Recovery to Release this Funds to you with immediate effect. On this course of duty, two foreigners (Mr. Tim Parker and Mr. Rowland Gulf) visited this office today inother to inform us that they are your Representatives from Canada, whom will be collecting your Funds for you.For the fact that this Committee is faithfully in my full governance as the Chairman, I will like you to clearify to me if this Bank should proceed to Release your Funds to your Representatives Mr. Tim Parker and Mr. Rowland Gulf.In receipt of this confidential Letter, you are required to respond immediately to : (paymastergeneralxxx1@myway.com).OFFICIALLY SIGNED.PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO.GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

C-B-N CERTIFIED DESPATCHED ON THIS DAY: THE 26th, JANUARY, 2007. C-B-N C-B-N C-B-N C-B-N C-B-N C-B-N C-B-N

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