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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: "ATM CARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michaelanthony33@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 10:06:15 -0600
Subject: Head Customer Care Zenith Bank Nigeria Plc

Your contract/Inheritance.

Sir.

This is to inform you that 60% of your contract/inheritance fund of $2.8m could be wired through Atm Card or wire transfer in the next couple of days there we charge you to reconfirm details of delivery or Bank account in order for us to complete the processing of all Inheritance paper works before the delivery of your fund. Kindly confirm the receipt of this email immediately


Mr Michael Anthoney
email michaelanthony33@outlook.com

Head Customer Care Zenith Bank Nigeria Plc

Regards

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