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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: "GOVERNOR GODWIN EMEIFLEE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gemefiele110@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:51:28 +0800
Subject: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (RE CLAIMING OF YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS WITH THE RELIABLE SOURCE OF THE BANK)

EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
(OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR)
CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/010,
Swift Code: BPH KPL PK,
A/C#: 329606=101244=169=678
CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA .
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/07
 
 
ATTENTION BENEFICIARY,
 
Be informed that the British Yard Police, Interpol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI) of United States of America, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria and all the African Crime fighter leaders have come together to stop scam/internet fraud in Nigeria and all around Africa. We have recovered over $5.3 Billion US Dollars from the people we have behind bars.
 
 
Our duty is to make sure we stop Internet scam and money laundering. As for today we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We go all over Africa to pick these thieves/Internet rats. We have over 18,273 of them in our jails around Africa and we are still looking for more. We are aware that a lot of foreigners out there have been deceived and lost their hard earn money to these fraudsters after promising them percentages in their letters/e-mails for their impending help to move funds out of Africa including fake lottery winning notification and at the end of the day, they will collect thousands of dollars from you without a successful end. It was agreed that to retain the good image of Nigeria and the rest of African countries, all the victims who lost his/her hard earn money to these faceless thieves will be compensated with just $6.5M (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only). This we assume will help you start a new life. Please, you have to accept the money like that beca use the people (victims)
 
 
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU THE $6.5M USD had been deposited in an Online Offshore Account for you to access through Online which you will be eligible to login into the Online Offshore Account from the CBN official website.
 
 
Note; that you must reconfirm your Full Name, Address,Id Card, Next of Kin and Direct Phone# to  through our Bank email: gemefiele110@gmail.com immediately you receive this email to enable further procedure on re claiming your Funds from the CBN E-BANKING PLATFORM
 
I appreciate your understanding and collaboration, Hope to hear from you.
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
MR GODWIN EMEFIELE,
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

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