419 scam: "Central Bank Of Nigeria."<compenations@cbn.org> ***COMPENSATION**NOTIFICATION***

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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:
- "atm payment department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "www.cenbank.org" (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.
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.
- john_connoly@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Central Bank Of Nigeria." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <john_connoly@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:27:50 +0100
Subject: ***COMPENSATION**NOTIFICATION***

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT (C.B.N)
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
website: http://www.cenbank.org

URGENT ATTENTION:

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 is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in
respect of your contract/inheritance payment.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none
officials in the bank your entire attempt to secure the release of the fund
to you. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act like these have to
stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a
solution to your problem. Right now we have arranged your payment through
our swift card payment center Asia pacific that is the latest instruction
from MR. PRESIDENT, MUSA YAR-ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. AND
EFCC NIGERIA. As well the INTERPOL and FBI.

This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw
your money in any ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is
twenty thousand dollars per day, so if you like to receive your fund this
way please let us know by contacting the card payment center Mr John Connoly via his e-mail address john_connoly@yahoo.com We urge you to
get back to us with the following formation stated below for fast delivery
of your ATM card.

information:

1. Your full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the ATM CARD
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification

The ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER has been mandated to issue out$1,500,000.00 as
part payment for this fiscal year 2009/2010. Also for you information,you
have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office
(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your Payment.
For oral discussion, call and 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-822) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the
card center by using it as your subject.

Regards,
email... john_connoly@yahoo.com
ATM Payment Department (C.B.N)
website: http://www.cenbank.org

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