419 scam: "DR.COFE JOHNSON"<cbn.customercare@rbcmail.ru> Payment Release/Debt Settlement Committee.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2347090142439

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.COFE JOHNSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drcofejohnson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:20:18 +0100
Subject: Payment Release/Debt Settlement Committee.

SENATE COMMITTEE OF NIGERIA ON FUND MATTERS.
OFFICE OF THE PAYMENT RELEASE CHAIRMAN
DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE.
23/25 ROAD AGO-OKOTA, LAGOS-NIGERIA
TELEPHONE: +234-70-9014-2439

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

Dear Beneficiary,

Attention has been brought to us in form of a petition as regards to the contracts which were completed and awaiting payment. Let me first inundate you with the fact that based on the petition forwarded to the Senate Committee on Foreign Financial Matters, which the copy of the petition was forwarded to the office of the Executive President Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN). I wish to intimate you, that it was discovered in the petition that the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry Of Finance (FMF) headed by Professor Charles Soludo and Dr Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla has part of effort to frustrate foreign contractors deliberately without releasing the approved contract payment to the beneficiary.

It was also discovered in the same petition that the above mention banking and financial ministry is using their honorable office to intimidate most especially the foreign contractors/ foreign investors, in order to exhort money from them for their personal interest. Therefore, I and other members of the committee visited the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN)/Federal Ministry of Finance(FMF) and your name was found among the foreign contractor whose payment have been duly approved years back and your payment is still lying pending due the nonchalant attitude of the officials in authority.

As regard to this finding, this Honorable Committee therefore, notified the Office of the Executive President Federal Republic Of Nigeria of the dubious attitude of the Banking and Finance Ministry, so that necessary action should be commenced urgently regarding the release of all overdue and outstanding contract payment to the bonfire contractors. In this case, all contractors file have been withdrawn from the Federal Ministry of Finance and Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN) and forwarded to the Port said Finance By for urgent remittance of fund into contractors various bank account.

Meanwhile, concerned contractors should acknowledge this message and get back with me for more notification in respect of his/her overdue contract payment. While contractors should also stop further transactions and communication with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)/Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) Endeavor to update this committee upon the receipt of your claims for record purpose. Kindly re-confirm the following information below for further procedure.

Your name:.......
Your Address:.......
Your Telephone/fax no:......
Age/Sex:......
Occupation:.....
Driving License:....

Yours Faithfully
Dr. Cofe Johnson,
Chairman Payment Release/Debt Settlement Committee.

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