419 scam: "Okonkwo Emeka"<admiin@bnk.ua> Urgent....Attention

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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:
- "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)
- "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Okonkwo Emeka" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emeka_ookonkwo@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 02:32:11 -0800
Subject: Urgent....Attention

Dear Sir,

Compliments of the day,

Please read carefully and get back to me. l am Okonkwo Emeka, l work

with the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA as a consultant in the foreign

exchange Department. there is a dormant account that belongs to one Mr

JOHNSON HILL; an Englishman. But he left in his account Twelve and a

half million dollars ($12.5million) and right now there is no next of

kin and no address of whom to contact. So l am looking for a foreigner

with a foreign account also whose l use as next of kin of MR.JOHNSON

so that we can claim the money and share it.

So l am asking you to help me complete this transaction as you will be

highly compensated. lnfact l have decided that after the transaction

you will get 30% of the money and we can keep 60% and 10% will be

expenses incurred as a result of transaction. please not that this is

not illegal and this is no money laundry because if we do not claim

this money the bank will claim the money so please try and help

me.

lt does not matter which country you come from as long as you have an

account with which we can claim the money.Please send me your

telephone,Your full name, address and fax numbers so that l can call

you. please note that there is no risk of any type in this

transaction.

Looking forward to hearing from you soonest

Yours Sincerely

Okonkwo Emeka

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