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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: "Christian Duke" <pusdalreg2@dephut.go.id>
Reply-To: christian_duke9@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:18:26 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: From Christian Duke




From Christian Duke

Dear

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you, please i need a trust-worthy person that will help me to receive
this money.

I will like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you, I am
Christian Duke the only son of Mr and Mrs Duke, i am 20 year old My father
was a very wealthy Gold Merchant in Monrovia the Gold Capital of republic
of Liberia in west africa. It is sad to say that he passed away my
steriously.

Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have
beenmasterminded by an uncle of his whom he does business with, and my
mother died when i was little boy.

Before the death of my father in a hospital here in Cote DIvoire, My
father called me and told me that he has the sum of(USD$15,million)United
State Dollars left in one of the leading security company here in Abidjan
Cote DIvoire West Africa.

He disguised the real content of the box as contain family valuables,
which means that the security company is not aware of the real content of
the box as contains money rather family valuable.


He told me that is for the safety of the money in the box. Except me and
my late father,no one is aware that the box in the security company
contains money. I will compensate you with 20% of this money if you help
me to receive this box l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you
because this money is my only hope in this life and you will also help me
to come over to your country to continue my education while you will
invest my own share of the money for me.

He also made me understand that it was because of this money he was
poisoned byhis business associates while on a business trip with them and
he instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me receive
this money out of this Cote Divoire and invest it for me, my purpose of
contacting you is for you to help receive this money to your country
before this people who kill my father will kill me too.

Please consider this and get back to me as soon as possible for more
clearification.

Thanks and am waiting for your response.

Christian Duke


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