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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: Micheal Duke <micheal_duke2004@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 07:27:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANT


Greeting,

Your contact was got on internet and reading through the provided profile,i'm convinced to get in touch with you in the regard to assit me.

My name is Micheal Duke, The son of Diamond machant dealer in freetown before the oubreak of war.

l am presently residing in ghana as a political refugee. since the death of my father, and my brothers that was masscared by the rebel forces,l manage to flew to ghana,my father deposited a huge amount money while he was alive but,the company knows nothing about the content,exept the precious item stated in the document by my late father.

All i want from you is to be my partner in the drive to invest this fund in your country.i wil be happy if you can comedown here for us to plan on the way fprward.kindly give me your direct telephone number to reach you.i count on you.
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kindly,reach me as soon as possible so as to discuss the wayforward.
yours,
micheal



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