419 scam: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" <gemefiele1@cenbank.org> PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" <gemefiele1@cenbank.org> (may be fake)
Reply-To: gemefiele2@t-online.de
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:06:21 +0100
Subject: PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Attn: Beneficiary

Dear Sir/Madam,

After going through Central Bank files yesterday night on some amounts not properly disclosed its source of origin but same amount is bearing your name as rightful beneficiary and has been marked for returning back to treasury department of Nigerian Government by Former Governor (Mallan Lamido Sanusi Lamido) because of known fully in compliance with financial regulation guidelines act 2000.

Coupled that a letter drew my attention writing by Movem Financial Consultant United States of America addressed to former Governor, (Mallan Lamido Sanusi Lamido) whereby the firm ascertain claim that the beneficiary is long death and that the beneficiary family members trust has empowered the firm to claim your unpaid fund from authorities in Nigeria for investment purposes only.

I therefore decided to contact you privately in person to find out reason why former governor refuses to release the fund to you or to the firm, despite evidence on the files disclosing that you are rightful beneficiary of the fund amount totally in Millions of United States Dollars, as I planned to make use of your information to proceed with either to cancel or make payment of the fund to you immediately.

Please kindly reconfirm your Full Name, Address, City, Country, Amount and Cell/Phone Number for confirmation purposes as I do not want to disclose information of the fund to authorized person in order to avoid diversion or wrong payment.

D Emefiele
Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria

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