419 scam: "From Gov. Lamido Sanusi."<info@live.com> Attention: Honourable Beneficiary,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "dr. 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)
- "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.
- +2348065769634 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
- +2340704096665
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.
- cbnbank2@gazeta.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Gov. Lamido Sanusi." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbnbank2@gazeta.pl>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:35:21 -0700
Subject: Attention: Honourable Beneficiary,

Central Bank of Nigeria #2 Tinubu square, Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria.
Federal Republic of Nigeria (ATM card payment notification).
Office of the director of operation International credit settlement,
Central bank of Nigeria (C.B.N).

Attention: Honourable Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance
file and found out that why you have not received your payment are because
you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your
contract / inheritance payment.

Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment
center Asia pacific, which is the latest instruction from our new elected
president who was sworn in on the 8 of Nov 2008 as the new president of
Nigeria, alhaji umaru musa yar'adua. Federal Republic of Nigeria.

This card center will send you an interswitch ATM master credit card which
you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the
world, but the maximum is one thousand five hundred dollars per day, so if
you like to receive your fund this way please let us know by contacting the
card payment center and also send the following information:

1. Full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the ATM card to (P.o box not acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation
5. A copy of your identification

However, kindly find below the contact person:

Mr. Ola Steven.
Contact Agent In charge email: cbnbank2@gazeta.pl
Direct phone: +234 8065769634

The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out $3.5, 000.000.00
as first part quarter payment for this fiscal year 2010. Also for your information,
you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s)
to avoid any hitches in receiving your ATM payment.

For oral discussion, email me back as soon as you receive this important
message for further direction and also update me on any development from
the above mentioned office.

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct,
which is (ATM-831) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the
card center by using it as your subject.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Sanusi Lamido.
Governor Of Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N).
Tel:+234-(070)40966651
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