419 scam: Depreye Duke Francis <maxphilip2009@yahoo.dk> ATTN: SIR/MADAM,

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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:
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2340813500038
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- depreyedukefrancis12@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Depreye Duke Francis <maxphilip2009@yahoo.dk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: depreyedukefrancis12@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 21:27:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: ATTN: SIR/MADAM,

ATTN: SIR/MADAM,

REF/PAYMENTS CODE: ECB/06654 $300,000 USD.

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED
NATIONS in Central Bank to pay 150 victims of scam ,$300,000 USD(Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars Only each).You are listed and approved
for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount,
get back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate
payments of your $300,000 USD compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, want you to know that during the last
U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarming on the money lost
by various individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates all
over the world today. In other to compensate victims, the UNITED
NATIONS
Body is now paying 150 victims $300,000 USD each in accordance with the
UNITED NATIONS recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient
Banking Systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Central Bank
Nigeria as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by
BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

Benefactor of this compensation award will have to be first cleared and
recommended for payment by ECO BANK PLC.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has
been
paid, over a half of the victims are from the United States, we still
have an outstanding of 36 scam victims left to be paid. Other victims
who
have not been contacted can submit their application as well for
scrutiny and
possible consideration.

We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we get response
from
you on how you intend receiving your compensation payment.

Send a copy of your response and payment code to our remittance
officer:

NAME: Depreye Duke Francis
SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS CODE:
ECB/06654 $300,000 USD.
PHONE NUMBER:009 234 52 469 499
+234 08135000383
EMAIL: depreyedukefrancis12@gmail.com
Yours Faithfully,
Depreye Duke Francis

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