419 scam: "Central Bank Head Quarters"<samuelidowu777@gmail.com> Be Blessed

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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:
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- samuelidowu00@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Central Bank Head Quarters" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <samuelidowu00@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 01:49:10 +0100
Subject: Be Blessed

Beloved,

I am the above named person . Am working as a junior staff under Dr.Godwin Emefiele the new Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria who replaced Sanusi Lamido Sanusi . I am a Minister with Over Comers Church Int'l. Having noticed the problem in your contract payment and also what you have spent, I decided as a human of God to tell you nothing but the truth.

My former Boss and other Senior Government officials had a meeting where they agreed on how to enrich themselves through foreign Contractors. If you rely on any Government officials, your payment cannot be actualized because they are all after contractor’s/ Inheritors money. They even share monies collected from contractors every Friday of the week.

Please be informed truly that your fund is not in any other place except here in Nigeria.

I am giving you my Christian advice for you to avoid any person from any office for the purpose of this payment. Please do not disclose my identity to any Nigerian for Security purpose. If my Boss happens to know that I am the person that release this information to you, I will definitely lose my job and my life will be at stake. So try to protect me.

The problem with your contract payment is that nobody wants to direct you rightly hence they have been extorting money out from you.

The person that will assist you positively for this purpose is Mrs. Dame Patience Good Luck Jonathan. Dame Patience is the wife of the President Dr. Good Luck Jonathan. Dame Patience Good Luck Jonathan is the Chairman Contractors/ Inheritance Association of Nigeria (CIAN).

This Association is like a pressure group that fights for the interest of their members. Dame uses her position and that of her husband the President Federal Republic of Nigeria to assist contractors and inheritors. Since April 2012, she has helped not less than five Contractors/ inheritors who got paid.

For those of you that have funds outside Nigeria, be informed that the funds have been recalled to Central Bank of Nigeria the origin of the transaction.

Please tell Dame Patience Good Luck Jonathan that you got her Contact through your country’s Embassy in Nigeria. Do not tell her that I directed you to her.

I don’t have any financial interest in giving you this information. The only thing you can do for me is to help me to travel to America or Canada so that I can continue my Missionary work over there.

You can reach me on my E-mail address: (samuelidowu00@gmail.com ) .Once i hear from you,i shall give you her contact details so as to hear from her as well.Contract sum is $10Msd

Remain blessed in Jesus Name. Amen.

Regards,
samuelidowu

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