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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: ALHAJI SULEIMAN BARAU <info@cbn.org>
Reply-To: <alsuleimanbara@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:34:26 +0100
Subject: ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?

THE DESK OF DEPUTY GOVERNOR (C.B.N),
ALHAJI SULEIMAN BARAU
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN;
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENTS
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
 
ATTN: CONTRACT #: (MAV/CBN/FGN/MIN/16)
 
RE/ IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE. ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?
 
How are you and your entire family, we hope you are all in a good
state of mind and health. Please bear with us for making the initial
contact through the email; it is due to the urgency of this
notification. This is  to  bring to your notice that we have finally
signed an irrevocable agreement  with the United nations and World
Bank Dignitaries at the G8 summit held  recently  in Italy, after
which the Federal House of  Senate  have  decided to settle  all
enormous debt burden, in order to enhance more International business
relationship between our Government and the International Community.
 
A part payment of your valued funds: $2,500,000.00 has been endorsed
for payment. Awaiting your confirmation to this effect, The Federal
Ministry of Finance have forwarded to this office, the names of
clients that have not yet received their contract  payment and your
name happen to be on the payment schedule list.
 
Your payment is next on the payment schedule for this last quarter of
the year 2017, don't delay to pick your call or email in case.  The
release of this Contract fund is temporarily on hold,  as one Mr. John
Andrew, came to my office in company of one Barrister Bankule
Oshomoluwe  and presented an Affidavit of Death Certificate showing
that you are dead, that you  died in an auto crash in March  2014, And
based on the meeting  held with  other Directors of your Company, he
(Mr. John Andrew was assigned to follow up the payment and court
granted him  authorization to your payment as your partner / beneficiary.
 
I received a new contact address from Mr. John Andrew, to deliver your
Payment into a  net address as stated below.100 Wellington Street
West ,Suite 1200 ,  Toronto ,Ontario , Canada ,M5K 1J3.  The totalpart
payment value of $2,500,000.00 US Dollars (two Million five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only) was approved by the
presidency for immediate payment to Mr. John Andrew, as your
beneficiary/Partner.  (1) Please, confirm to our Bank/Office if you
have instructed Mr. John Andrew, to appoint an attorney / agent on
your behalf thereby asking that he receives cash call Remittance on
your behalf as your Partner.  (2) Please, also confirm if you have
authorized Mr. John Andrew, to change your Residential Address to the
following address stated below. 100 Wellington  Street West ,Suite
1200 Toronto , Ontario , Canada , M5K  1J3. We have decided to contact
you for re-verification because we suspected that Mr John Andrew, is
trying to divert your money through the sworn affidavit to a new
different addres
 
Therefore, if you are alive and had not authorized Mr. John Andrew, to
claim this Contractual Payment on your behalf as your Partner, Kindly
get back to us with the down listed information requested for
re-confirmation / verification and for fast and swift release of the
Fund to you without any Further Delay. But failure to hear from you
within 48 hours automatically indicates that Mr. John Andrew claims
are right and the money should be legally paid to him.
 
Full Names..................
Residential Address..............
City.................. State................
Postal Code...........
Phone................. Age...................
your cell phone number.....
Occupation.....
Direct Telephone No...........
Marital Status.....
Sex........
Country...........................
 
The payment of this money is hereby put on hold until we receive a
confirmation from you. Get back to me on this same
E-mail:(alsuleimanbara@gmail.com)
DEPUTY GOVERNOR (C.B.N), CORPORATE SERVICES DIRECTOR

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