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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: "MR EMEKA ONWUKA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <enterprisebnk@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09.53.44 +0200
Subject: TREAT VERY URGENT!! DID YOU AUTHORIZE MR GRANT ALAN TO CLAIM YOUR FUND?

TREAT VERY URGENT!! DID YOU AUTHORIZE MR GRANT ALAN TO CLAIM YOUR FUND?

Attention Sir,
One MR GRANT ALAN from Los Angles USA came to our office with an affidavit he obtained from the Lagos high court/copy of his international passport that you have died; he stated cause of death as cardiac arrest. He claimed you WILL your contract /inheritance fund to him as your cousin.

After the acknowledgement of the receipt of his application for payment and affidavit we decided to make an independent investigation through your email address in our file to be sure that what MR GRANT ALAN is saying is the truth and nothing but the truth, that is the reason we are writing through this mail box/ address for confirmation.

If you are still alive we will like you to comment on this claim on or before Thursday the reason is that we give him appointment for payment on Friday. If we did not receive any counter claim from this mailbox we will believe that what MR GRANT ALAN said is the truth. His payment has been scheduled for Friday this week.

Your prompt reply is urgently needed.

Regards,
MR EMEKA ONWUKA
CHAIRMAN ENTERPRISE BANK LTD
LAGOS NIGERIA
+234-90-35877842
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