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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: "ATTORNEY DUKE DONATUS" <johnwilliams0123@excite.co.jp> (may be fake)
Reply-To: donatusduke@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 19:56:14 +0800 (CST)
Subject: ATTORNEY DUKE DONATUS (Esq)







FROM DESK OF (. ATTORNEY DUKE DONATUS)
HOUSTON TEXAS 7700 USA FOR: DEPT OF JUSTICE,
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
EMAIL ADDRESS: ( donatusduke@hotmail.com )

VALUED BENEFICIARY:

MAY I START BY SAYING I AM VERY SORRY FOR BASHING INTO YOUR EMAIL BOX
WITHOUT AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION BUT THIS HAS BEEN DUE TO THE URGENCY AND
OF GREAT IMPORTANT THIS ISSUE DESERVES.

I AM ATTORNEY DUKE DONATUS, THE CONCURRENT CHIEF REGISTRAR OF BILLS AND
CONTROL DEPT OF JUSTICE WITH CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI UNITED
STATE AMERICA AND THE ACCREDITED ATTORNEY ATTACHED TO MIAMI BRANCH, HERE
IN U.S.A.AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE IS A CASE PENDING IN THE COURT OF LAW
AND WE NEED YOUR CLARIFICATION TO ENABLE US PROCEEDING.

HOWEVER, ITS BEEN WELL NOTED THAT SOME DAYS BACK, TWO GENTLEMEN SHOWED UP
CLAIMING TO BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WHOSE AUTHORITY HAS BEEN BESTOWED UPON
THEM BY YOU TO CLAIM AND INHERIT YOUR FUNDS PRESENTLY UNDER OUR CUSTODY
WHICH WAS DEPOSITED BY THE BANK YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY DEALING WITH.THIS FUND
CAME FROM A BANK WHOM YOU WERE DEALING WITH BEFORE. DEPOSITION OF THIS
FUNDS US$20.900.000.00 (TWENTY MILLION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE
DOLLARS) FAILURE TO TRANSFER/DELIVER THE FUNDS/DRAFT TO YOU WAS BASED ON
YOUR INABILITY TO COMPLY BY THE PROCEDURE WHICH WAS STATED OUT TO YOU WHEN
YOU MADE CONTACT WITH THEM.

IN LINE WITH YOUR INABILITY TO RECEIVE THE PAYMENT IN YOUR ACCOUNT, THE
PREVIOUS BANK DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN OUR SUSPENSE ACCOUNT DUE TO
INSTRUCTION ISSUED OUT BY THE (WB)WORLD BANK AND THE (IMF) INTERNATIONAL
MONITORY FUND ON PENDING CLAIMS UNTIL YOUR READINESS TO CLAIM THE FUND.
BUT AS WE HAD MENTIONED ABOVE, THIS GENTLEMEN SHOWED UP TO CLAIM THE FUNDS
STATING THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM THE LEGITIMATE RIGHT TO DO SO, IN LINE
WITH THE INSTRUCTION ATTACHED TO THIS DEPOSIT, WE WISH TO CLARIFY FROM YOU
IF THIS GENTLEMEN INDEED CAME TO REPRESENT YOU AS THEY HAVE ADMITTED.

IF YOU INDEED SENT THEM, KINDLY CLARIFY TO US BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO SAY
"YOU DID" IF NOT, LET US KNOW AS WELL SO WE CAN PROMPTLY LEGALIZE ALL
ANOMALIES AND EFFECT THE TRANSFER TO YOUR GOOD SELF ACCORDINGLY IN LINE
WITH THE LAW.IF YOU NEED A PICTURE OF WHEN THE GUARANTEE LETTER WAS HANDED
OVER TO THE GENTLEMAN FOR SIGNINGS, WE CAN ATTACH SAME AND SEND TO YOU FOR
PROOF OF NOTICE. THE GENTLEMEN HAS SUBMITTED AN ACCOUNT WHICH THE
INFORMATION AS STATED BELOW FOR THE TRANSFER / DELIVERY OF THE FUNDS/DRAFT
AND WE WISH YOU TO CLARIFY TO US THAT THIS PEOPLE REPRESENT YOU AND THE
ACCOUNT PROVIDED AS STATED BELOW.

Lister hill Credit Union
Sheffield, Alabama 35660 USA
Account number: 701030781887
Routing code:262277011
Account name: Herbert G.Holland/ Holland Company

PLEASE DO GET BACK TO US FOR CLARIFICATION SO THAT WE SHOULD FOUND OUT
THAT THESE GENTLEMEN ARE IMPERSONATORS, THE LAW CAN TAKE ITS FULL COURSE
AND YOUR FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU WITHOUT ANY DELAY.YOU CAN BE IN
DIRECT CONTACT WITH ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL:(donatusduke@hotmail.com) OR THE
CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK WITH
THE CONTACT BELOW:

Chief. Jordan R. Smith
FOREIGN OPERATION UNIT,
CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK,
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

PLEASE DO GIVE AN URGENT RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL TO ENABLE US SORT THIS OUT
AND SERVE YOU ACCORDINGLY.

BEST REGARDS,

ATTORNEY DUKE DONATUS (Esq)
FOR: DEPT OF JUSTICE,
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

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