419 scam: "Foreign Remittance Department (CBN)"<foreignremittance.Dept@cbn.ng.com> Transfer 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:

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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Foreign Remittance Department (CBN)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbnhqs1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 04:27:39 +0100
Subject: Transfer Notification!!!

FROM THE DESK OF ANTHONY DAVIS

DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE,

FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA,

LAGOS-NIGERIA.

ATTENTION: BENNEFICIARY

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUNDS HAS BEEN GAZZETED TO BE RELEASED VIA KEY TELEX TRANSFER (KTT)-DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER TO YOU BY THE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE FUND TRANSFER. MEANWHILE, A WOMAN CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A LETTER, CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE.

BELLOW ARE THE ACCOUNT DETAIL SHE FORWARDED TO US TO EFFECT TRANSFER:

NAME MRS. JANET WHITE

BANK NAME: CITI BANK OF NEW YORK.

BANK ADDRESS: NEW YORK CITY, USA.

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6503809428.

ROUTING CODE: CTB1552

PLEASE, DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE, AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS WOMAN IS FROM YOU SO THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT.

HOWEVER,WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENTS DETAILS TO THE SAID MRS.WHITE, IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FROM TODAY BEING SATURDAY.

BEST REGARDS,

MR. ANTHONY DAVIS

DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE,

FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

LAGOS-NIGERIA.

CC: ALL FOREIGN INHERITTANCE FUNDS

CC:CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR

CC: BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD]

CC: ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA

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