419 scam: "Lamido Sanusi"<support@classiquerealty.com.au> VERY URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS

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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:
- "cost of transfer" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "charles c. soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "executive governor" (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: "Lamido Sanusi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lamidosanusi008@live.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 00:13:41 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS

VERY URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS..................

This is to inform you and the general public that the Apexl Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N) now has a new face and a new leader. I am the new Executive Governor of C.B.N. Mr. Sanusi Lamido A. Sanusi. I am here to re-brand CBN and correct all the unprofessional and financial irregularities caused by the formal governor of CBN Prof. Charles C. Soludo
Breaking News! Prof. Charles C. Soludo has been arrested by the Economic & Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for destroying the lives of innocent people who called for the release of their contract payment's and inheritance beneficiaries. He has scammed not less than 20 people claiming to release their funds and was requesting for illegal fees such as delivery fee and documentation fees. Shortly after his interrogation with the men of the EFCC, he will be charged to court and the law will take it cause.
As the new appointed Governor of CBN, my duties are to ensure that your payment gets to you.

I have crosschecked the unattended files sent to my desk and the record shown that you have not received your funds. The amount recorded as your contract payment inheritance is 15.7 M..
For your information, my mode of releasing your funds 15.7m will not be by Bank Draft or ATM, to avoid been ask to pay money to delivery company to sent the Draft /ATM card to you. As the new leader of C.B.N, I don't need anything that will dent my image because I am a very sincere and straight forward man who has come to clean all the mess caused by the formal governor and to put smiles in the face of those that lost so much money to this fraud man called. Prof. Charles Soludo
To avoid processing your payment in Nigeria and start asking you to pay transfer charges or delivery fees, I want you to receive your money in CASH at Toronto, CANADA. The 15.7 m will be packaged in Trunk box as a consignment and delivered to Canada by a trusted diplomat.

NOTE: If you are not willing to go to Canada to receive your payment after a long time sufferings in the hands of fraudsters, then I will know that you are not yet ready to claim your funds and perhaps may not be the rightful beneficiary of the fund.
Before I proceed with your payment, I will re-check your information's to be sure that I contacted the right person, therefore, forward the below information

(1) Full names and current residential address
(2) Personal cell phone / house phone
(3) Company name and Position
(4) Age
(5) Attached ID CARD or passport

As soon as I receive the above information's, I will email you the payment schedule and inform you the date of the delivery to enable you make arrangement to travel to Toronto. Canada and receive your 15.7m in CASH.
Lastly, if you insist on BANK TRANSFER by requesting that the funds should be wired into your account, then you should be ready to bear the cost of transfer which is 00.1% of 15.7m.
Thanks,

Mr. Lamido Sanusi
New Executive Governor (C. B.N)

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