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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Sanusi Lamindo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbngove2013sanusilamindo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:12:05 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Prof Sanusi Lamido
Executive Governor (CBN)
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/07
Office line:+234-8037-410-696
[OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR]
 
 
Attention: 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 5,5 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS
will come in batches of 1,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS and this is
the first batch.
 
 
Good news, We wish to let you know that everything concerning your ATM
CARD payment dispatch 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 fee of your ATM CARD To  Delivering Company.
Please you are advised to contact the email: cbngove2014sanusilamindo@gmail.com to
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
Director ATM Swift Card/Foreign Operation Dept,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
 

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