419 scam: Andrew Donald Duke <andduke0001@rediffmail.com> Immediate is response from you ASAP

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Andrew Donald Duke <andduke0001@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: andrewdonaldduke@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:08:20 +0100
Subject: Immediate is response from you ASAP

From: Andrew Donald Duke
Dear Good-Friend,

It's my urgent need for a partner that made me to contact you for this
transaction. I work with the Investec Finance Service Group,
Johannesburg, South Africa, I am an attorney and currently working
with a team of auditors that are in charge of debt recovery in the
above mentioned organization. I have the opportunity to transfer an
unclaimed fund that amount to Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand
British Pounds belonging to one of my client who died in an automobile
accident in 2007 having no one coming up to claim his funds and if
left unclaimed will be transferred to the government.

I got your contact from the South African chamber of commerce and
industry, hence I am inviting you for this business deal where this
fund can be shared between us in the ratio of 40% for you, 50% for me
and my colleague, while 10% will be for any expenses incurred during
the transfer.

Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i
receive your reply. Have a nice day.

Yours,
Andrew Donald Duke.

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