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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: support@hombitzerrolf.biz
Reply-To: cbnbk0010@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 05 May 2018 13:44:00 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY!!!

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY!!!

THIS IS CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, THE ONLY BANK THAT HAVE BEEN
APPROVED BY UNITED NATIONS AND BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH
ECO-WAS TO BE PAYING FOREIGN CLIENTS TO AVOID EXCESS DEMAND FROM MOST OF
OUR COMMERCIAL BANK AND IN ORDER TO STOP SCAM. ALL FOREIGN PAYMENTS
BOTH CONTRACT, INHERITANCE AND LOTTERY HAVE BEEN CALLED BACK TO OUR BANK
FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT TO THE BENEFICIARY WITHOUT ANY DELAY.

NOTE: YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO STOP ALL COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OFFICE
OR OFFICES YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING REGARDS TO THESE MATTERS. ALL OUR
SECURITY UNITS IS SERIOUSLY WORKING TO TRACK ANY ONE THAT MAY MISLEAD
YOU AGAIN, AND PLEASE A LOT OF IMPOSTORS WILL BE CALLING REGARDS TO THIS
MATTERS PLEASE DO NOT PICK OR ANSWER THEIR EMAIL OKAY. JUST FORWARD THEM
TO US FOR INVESTIGATION.

ALL ABOUT YOUR PAYMENT HAVE BE APPROVED, WE ARE GOING TO SEND YOU YOUR
OVERDUE PAYMENT THROUGH BANK DRAFT OR ATM CARD SO THAT IT WILL NOT COST
YOU MUCH TO RECEIVE IN YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS, WE WILL SEND YOU THE SCAN
COPY OF YOUR DRAFT BY SOONEST, THEN I WILL GIVE YOU PAYMENT INSTRUCTION
ON HOW YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ORIGINAL UNDER 24 HOURS. PLEASE JUST DO
YOURSELF GOOD BY FOLLOWING ANY INSTRUCTION GIVING TO YOU BY OUR BANK

PLEASE RECONFIRM ALL YOUR INFORMATION AGAIN I STILL CONFIRM IF YOU ARE
STILL USING THIS ACCOUNT INFORMATION BELOW, OUR SECURITY IS STILL
WORKING HARD TO TRACK THE WOMAN THAT WAS IMPERSONATING YOU AS YOUR
PARTNER HER NAME IS MRS MARRY LEE. ARE YOU STILL USING THIS ACCOUNT
HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK ACCOUNT #02650926324 ROUTING #042015422 PIKE
BRANCH, CINCINNATI, PKL 45245, ALL THESE INFORMATION IS IN OUR CENTRAL
PAYING COMPUTER SO WE DON’T MAKE ANY MISTAKE OR WRONG PAYMENT.

THANKS
MR FRANKOBI
HEAD OF REMITTANCE
CBN
TELL: +234 806 699 8356 (24/7)



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