Central Bank of Nigeria

[Rob]

Just in case you haven't seen it already. The Central Bank of Nigeria has revamped it's website, it's still basic, but much better than the original content. The relevant section can be found here: http://www.cenbank.org/419/Index.asp

They also have a forum where a skilled moderator answers questions related to the 419-scam: http://www.cenbank.org/Forum/FrameForum.asp

[EJACKSON]

THIS MAN HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY AT THIS SCAMMING PROFESSION, BELIEVE. HE SUCKERED ME OUT ABOUT $2000 DURING THE SUMMER OF 2006 WHICH COST ME MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND I HAD TO RELOCATE TO ANOTHER STATE. THIS MAN NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. I RECENTLY CHECKED AN OLD EMAIL SITE (IWON.COM) AND I SEE HE IS STILL WORKING DILIGENTLY AT THE SAME OLD THING. HE NEEDS TO BE PUT IN JAIL.:(

[FW Admin]

Professor Charles Soludo is a respected authority in Nigeria, and is certainly not a criminal.

The scammers who steal his identity and who impersonate Mr. Soludo on a daily basis - they are the real criminals. And they also impersonate other leading figures in all walks of life, all over the world.

I believe someone carried out a mini-survey last year, based upon over 50,000 scam emails received (I'm sorry but I cannot recall the source offhand - if anyonme has the details please post the originating references) and the net result was that "Professor Charles Soludo" was the proud possessor of over 2,000 Yahoo! email accounts, spent his days writing something like 2,500 different emails every day (which by calculation would take around 26 hours) and if that wasn't enough, also managed to deal with banks, courier companies and escrow services throughout the world - personally.

As you can see, it's somewhat ludicrous. Other notable figures that have been impersonated: The FBI Director, the UN Secretary General, the president of Nigeria, the Chairman of the bank of England, various Barclays Bank executives and of course, the entire Board of the National Lottery in the UK.

These scammers hide behind anonymity, and use "famous" or "official" identities in their scams. They, like the scams themselves, are not real - they are faked.

I hope this clarifies for you.