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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles Soludo" <charlessoludo@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: charles.s.cbn@jmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:17:17 +0000
Subject: ENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TINUBU SQUARE,


*ENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TINUBU SQUARE,
VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA
FROM THE DESK OF PROF,CHARLES C.SOLUDO.
GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OFNIGERIA.*

*ATTN: HONURABLE CONTRACTOR ,YOUR IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT!!!
PAYMENT.CONTRACT#:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/008.
Our Ref: PYT-PED/FGN/NNPC-1024.*

* Sir,
I Wish to inform you once again that I have received unconditional
instruction from the presidency federal republic of Nigeria to release part
payment of $7USD(seven million united states dollars).into your nominated
bank account. *

*Your name and company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding
contractors who have not received their payments. Also note that from my
record in my file your outstanding contract payment was not $7USD but the
Government decided to compensated few foreigners base on the promise our
president gave to the united nation on anti-corruption. This is a huge sum
which can it be broken down into smaller blocks? Please re-confirm to me if
this is inline with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me
the followings,*

* 1) Your full name.
2) Phone/fax numbers.
3) Company name/position.
4) Your company name/ position
5 Your age/ marital status.
6) Mailing address.
6) A copy of your international passport.
As soon as this informations are received, your payment will be made to you
in a certified bank Draft from central bank of Nigeria through courier
service. *

*CONGRATULATIONS,
Yours sincerly,Prof Charles Soludo
GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA.*

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