419 scam: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA"<info11@cenbank.com> Your compensation valued US$10.5millon which was supposed to been delivery to y

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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:
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (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.
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.
- +2348180720843

Fraud email example:

From: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <2844155073@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 01:02:21 -0700
Subject: Your compensation valued US$10.5millon which was supposed to been delivery to you

Central Bank of Nigeria,
Plot 33, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Way
Central Business District,
Cadastral Zone,
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory,
Nigeria
P.M.B. 0187,
Garki Abuja.
Nigeria

Dear ATM Visa Card owner:

My Name is MR.GODWIN EMEFIELE GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) funds office here in Nigeria. I am writing this mail with deep sorrow as saw your name on the file last week as the one ofthe most beneficiary which did not receive their fund compensation valued US$10.5millon which was supposed to been delivery to you, so after the board executives meeting yesterday it was concluded that your total fund of US$10.5millon should be convert into ATM Visa Card and I have done it today, so we went to the delivery company to register your ATM Visa Card. all the necessary arrangement of delivering your ATM Visa Card was made with DHL Courier Company Ltd here in Nigeria.

So I'm very happy today because all the movement I made, every thing goes normally. to avoid any delay again you are advise to reconfirm the below information to proceed.

1)YOUR FULL NAME......
2)YOUR RECEIVING HOUSE ADDRESS....
3)YOUR TEL....MOBILE NUMBER.....
4)A COPY OF I.D OR PASSPORT...

For your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person (s) or office (s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment. Because of Impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-5410) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the Card Center by using it as your subject.
CALL ME AS SOON AS YOU SEND EMAIL TO ME PHONE:+2348180720843

YOURS SINCERELY,
MR.GODWIN EMEFIELE
GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
PHONE:+2348180720843

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