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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Richard Duke <duke_rrrr@o2.pl>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:06:04 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION

ATTN: (HANDLE THIS INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL)

From: Dr. Richard Duke

Greetings from London

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not
a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it very serious. We want to
transfer to overseas account((£11,000.000 Pounds) Eleven million
British Pounds from a prime Bank here in London.

I want to ask you, if you are not capable to quietly look for reliable
and honest person  who will be capable and fit to provide either an
existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to
receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money,
as long as you will remain honest tome till the end for this important
business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me
down either now or in future.

I am Dr.Richard Duke, presently promoted to Senior Account Auditor  in
one of the Bankshere in London.During the course of our auditing last
week, I discovered a floating fund in anaccount opened in the bank in
1996 and since 1999 nobody has operated on this account again, after
going through some old files in the records I discoveredthat the owner
of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money isfloating
and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for
nothing.

The owner of this account is Mr. Neal Walker an American and a great
industrialist and a resident of Alaska State, who unfortunately lost
his lifealong with his wife in the plane crash on the 31st October 1999
in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board was an
American Oil consultant/contractorwith the Chinese Solid Minerals
Corporation.

You can confirm his death from the website below which was published by
BBC WORLD NEWS.

WEBSITE.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Since his death nobody has come forward to make claims for the money
because they all died in the same accident himself and his wife (May
their soul rest in peace). No other person knows about this account or
anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well thatthe account is a secret account.

The total amount involved is Eleven million British Pounds only
and we wish to transfer this money into safe foreigners account
abroad.But I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here,
but to a foreigner who has information about the account, which I shall
give to you upon your positive response.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will neverlet
me down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I
am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I
will informyou the next step to take urgently. I need your strong
assurance that you willnever let us down, me and a key bank official
who is deeply involved with me in this business.

I can guarantee you that this transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. The bank official will destroy all documents of the transaction
immediately you receive this money leaving no trace to any place. I
will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange
departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total
amount,50% will be for us while 10% will be for the expenses both
parties may incurred during this transaction. PLEASE, TREAT THIS
PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.

I look forward to your earliest reply
Best Regards,
Dr.Richard Duke


 

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