419 scam: "Prof Sanusi Lamido"<profsanusilamidolive@gmail.com> Attention: Fund 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:

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:
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "executive governor" (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.
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.
- +2347044499231 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Prof Sanusi Lamido" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <profsanusilamido1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:34:22 +0100
Subject: Attention: Fund Beneficiary,

Prof Sanusi Lamido
Executive Governor (CBN)
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/07
Office line: +234-704-449-9231
[OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR]
CONTACT EMAIL: sanusil_@blumail.org

Attention: Fund Beneficiary,

This is to congratulate you for scaling through the hurdles of screening by the board of directors of this payment task force. Your payment file was approved and the instruction was given us to release your payment and activate your ATM Card for use.

The first batch of your Card which contains 1,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS has been activated and is the total fund loaded inside the Card. Your fund which is in total sum of 10, 5 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS will come in batches of 1,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS and this is the first batch.

Your payment would be sent to you via FedEx, Because we have signed a contract with them which should expired by OCTOBER 30TH Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from FEDEX WEBSITE (WWW.FEDEX.COM).to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

GHEORGHE POPA==============875529773902
RICHARD AUTRY ============== 869713119185
GARY METZGER ============== 871363130860

Good news, We wish to let you know that everything concerning your ATM CARD payment despatch is ready in this office and we have a meeting with the house (Federal government of Nigeria) we informed them that your fund should not cost you any thing because is your money (Your Card). Moreover, we have an agreement with them that you should pay (only) delivering of your ATM CARD by FedEx Delivering Company.

Reconfirm the following information to us for Security reason.

Full Name:
Address:
Nationality:
Sex:
Age:
Date of Birth:
Occupation:
Personal Phone no:
Telephone number:
State of Origin:
Country:
Driver's license or any copy of Your Identity:
Yours truly,
Prof Sanusi Lamido
Executive Governor (CBN)
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

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