419 scam: "Office Of The Presidency"<presidency@presidency.com.ng> Checking

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Office Of The Presidency" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ctme1110000@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:24:40 -0800
Subject: Checking

Attn: Honourable Contractor,

In line with the 1999 of the Nigeria constitution, following your Contract payment which have not been paid to you for the past years, I wish to inform you that I the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria (Gen Muhammadu Buhari) during the Federal Executive Council Meeting held today, have dully approved your part payment of $2.5 Million to be paid to you without any further delay.

This is following the preview of the white paper on foreign payment earlier today between the Nigeria Government and United Nations after your file was forwarded back to my office from Dept Settlement Management Office (DMO).

In this regards I also wish to inform you that this payment have been scheduled to be made to you through the following ways CASH DELIVERY and will be handle by the Nigeria Embassy in your country.

You are hereby advise to reconfirm your personal data information as stated bellow to the GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK email (cbn.gov@cen-ng.org ) for authentication and immediate packaging of your fund in boxes and arrangement for final delivery through the Nigeria Embassy in your country. (cbn.gov@cen-ng.org ).

1, YOUR FULL NAME:
2, YOUR ADDRESS:
3, PHONE NUMBER:
4, A COPY OF I.D:

Yours Faithfully
Alhaji Abba Kyari

Chief of Staff to the President
Federal Republic of Nigeria

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