419 scam: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA <kamalabdulazeez68@gmail.com> CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- godwinemefiele89@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA <kamalabdulazeez68@gmail.com>
Reply-To: godwinemefiele89@aol.com
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:52:27 +0100
Subject: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

YOUR FUND APPROVED PAYMENT OF $25,000,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS THROUGH ATM CARD)

Attention:Beneficiary,

I am Mr. Godwin Emefiele, The CEO of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) I am
contacting you today to alert you of a notification which will be a
great help to you, I am the new director of fund approved payment
department here in CBN and I saw a file last week in your name with
all your information from our central computer stating that abandoned
fund worth of $25,000,000,00 (Twenty Five Million United state
Dollars) belongs to you, Please; I want to know from you the reason why
you abandoned such big fund here in our bank for long up til this
moment without any claim by you. I hereby officially notifying you
about the present arrangement to pay you as i have been appointed and
directed to take in-charge of your fund payment here in my
department, This arrangement was initiated/constituted by the World
Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the board
meeting due to fraudulent and scam activities going on within the
African Region, I officially contacted you today because your
Inheritance Funds was Re-deposited into the "Federal Suspense Account"
of CBN last week because you did not proceed with your Claim as the
rightful beneficiary which is well known to the board and management
team of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

I am now in charge of your fund payment in my department here in
Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) and like i stated in my mail that your
name appear in our Central Computer here as a beneficiary who have not
receive his contract payment for long, Be informed that your fund of
$25,000,000.00 has been approved by the IMF and the federal government
for payment and we have decided to convert your fund into an ( ATM
CARD ) which we will send to you in your country for the withdraw of
your fund in any ATM machine in your country to make it easy for your
payment in other to avoid much expenses in receiving your fund and we
have made every arrangement regarding your payment through ATM Card
since last week Due to the instruction given to us for your immediate
payment. Dear beneficiary, I therefore to inform you that we have
approved an ATM CARD on your behalf which we will send to you for the
withdraw of your fund and we have converted your total fund of
($25,000,000.00) into Your ATM Card which is with me right now in my
department, your ATM CARD worth the sum of $25,000,000.00 has been
ready for the delivery to your home, Take note, Your ATM CARD Pin number
is 1968.

You are hereby to quickly respond back to my department today and
provide or reconfirm to me your personal information once again where
you base right now and your home address where you desire to receive
your ATM CARD to avoid mistake during the delivery for us to quickly
submit your ATM CARD together with your current residential address
for the delivery to your Home in other for you to receive it and start
making a withdraw of your fund in any ATM machine in your country, This
is the conclusion and agreement of your fund payment here in our bank.
The information required from you for the delivery of your ATM CARD is
such as below.

Your Full Name:.......................
Your Country And Location:.........................
Current Home Address:.........................
Private Telephone Number:...............
A Copy Of Your Id Card:........
Occupation:.......................
Age/Sex:....................

Kindly provide the following information and respond back to my
department today as I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as
possible with the required information for the proceed and delivery of
your ATM CARD to your country where you desire to receive it.
Here is the code 2002 whenever you send me an email make sure this
code is included to avoid issues thank you so much for your
understanding and God bless you

kindly send an email to this email(godwinemefiele89@aol.com) to
get an immediate response.

Best Regards,
Mr.Godwin Emefiele.
CEO/Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN)

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