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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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "charles c. soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "executive governor" (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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • csoludo22@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "charles soludo" <charles.solu20@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 16:00:57 -0700
Subject: Attention Beneficiary


*CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS.
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS.OUR REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/07
INHERITANCE PAYMENT #: MAV/FGN/MIN/009 )
A/C#: 32780612669g8
SWIFT CODE: BPH KPL PK.
eMAIL: **csoludo22@yahoo.fr* <csoludo22@yahoo.fr>
*
Attention Beneficiary

IMMEDIATE FINAL NOTIFICATION ON YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

This letter will definitely be amazing to you because of its 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 former President
of The Federal Republic of Nigeria (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo)introduced a
Commission named the"E.C.D.R" (Executive Committee 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 in other 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 25th may 2008
because your Case File (A) is the very first File on our Settlement
Files Cabinet. Your Inheritance Funds were Re-deposited 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 (15,000,000(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 in other 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 clarify 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 : **csoludo22@yahoo.fr*<csoludo22@yahoo.fr>
*
Best Regards,
Prof. Charles C. Soludo.
Executive Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria CBN.*

* *

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