419 scam: "dr. mrs veronica amadi"<veronica@cbn.org> IS ABOUT YOUR FUND IN C B N

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- "lamido aminu sanusi" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "dr. mrs veronica amadi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsveronicaamadi_ktt@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:55:07 -0800
Subject: IS ABOUT YOUR FUND IN C B N

IS ABOUT YOUR FUND IN C B N
Atten: Friend

I know that you might be surprise on this mail, but I am telling you the truth. I know that it is against my official duty to release
confidential information like this to an outsider. There is nothing I can do to help you beside this.

What I want to tell you is about your fund with the Federal Government of Nigeria, the President, Alhaji. Umaru Yar'Adua, has mapped out $1.3
Billion to off-set Nigeria 's foreign debt, which includes; over due contract payment, next of kin inheritance, lotto beneficiaries and other
payments. My main concern about this payment is that the Government and her agencies are not sincere on this payment; rather some government and
bank officials have seen it as an avenue to make extra money for them. Their plan is to secure approval of these funds on creditors name and
later divert it to another off shore bank accounts for their personal benefits.

As I am writing this mail to you now, arrangements have been concluded by the some top placed government officials and the New Central Bank Of
Nigeria Governor Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi to divert your approved part payment of $8,300,000.00 (Eight Million Three Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars only) to another bank account. And they keep on deceiving and frustrating you by demanding up-front payment from you, if I tell
you that they are using all these money to work against you, you might not believe it. But it is reality.

There is ways I can assist you get your fund, it is risk but one have to take it. What you have to do now is to get back to me as soon as you get
this mail with these details; your private telephone number, your banking details where you would like your fund to be transferred into,
your fund details and contact address. I need these details as soon as you get this mail so that I can make the transfer without further delay

Get back to me as soon as you get this mail so that i will know what to do

Treat this ASAP

Dr. Mrs. Veronica Amadi
KTT Dept Central Bank of Nigeria

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