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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:
  • "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • cbn02_zone1@wanadoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CENTRAL BANK <centbx02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <cbn02_zone1@wanadoo.es>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:18:15 +0100
Subject: ATM CARD SETTLEMENT ( 5050/007 CPD)



The Office of the Director of Foreign OperationsInternational Swift Credit Card Settlement CenterCentral Bank of Nigeria.

Attn: Pls,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract /WILL inheritance file as submitted to us and we discover why you have not received your payment or funds, because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your contract/inheritance payment.

Secondly, we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none officials in the bank, your entire attempt is to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish to advice you that such an illegal act like that should stop if you wishes to receive your payment, since we have decided to bring a solution to the problem.

Right now, we have arranged your payment through our Swift Credit Card (ATM) payment as instructed by the federal Government of Nigeria through the office of the Governor of the Central Bank and the finance Minister,this is the latest information from the office of the presidency on financial matters.

This card center will send you an ATM card, which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is five hundred thousand dollars per week, so if you like to receive your fund this way please let us know by contacting our Swift Credit Card payment center on the above or below address and so re-confirm the following details below:

1. Your full name2. Phone and fax number,3. Contact Address 4. Your age occupation

The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out only $6,500,000.00 million (Six million five hundry Thousand only) as part payment to your fund in this year 2007.
NOTE: For your information you have to stop any further communication with any other group of person,officer's,bank's, Security companies calling you for your fund.It is so because the Federal Government has mandated the Swift Credit Card Payment Center to take care of all international remittance of funds out from Nigeria.

This is to avoid any type of delayance in foreigners receiving their funds from Nigeria.Do not communicate with any person or any commercial banks for your payment except this Swift Credit Card office.

Now,because of impostors, we hereby issue you our credit card pin code Number which is (5050/007) which you will use to correspondence with us or you have to indicate this code when contacting this card center.Below is the officer to be contacted for your ATM Card.

CONTACT OFFICER
Name: (DR.UBA JOHNSON)Email: cbn02_zone1@wanadoo.es
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