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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: dav dav <davduke03@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: <collinsike500@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 18:01:21 +0000
Subject: Davison Duke.


Dear Respectful One,
Good day,My name is I am Davison Duke from Ivory Coast. Please go through below my mail to see if you can assist for our mutual benefit. My late father was a cocoa and gold business man. He died in motor accident with my mother a week after his trip to Liberia to negotiate for a gold business he wanted to invest.
My mother died instantly and my father followed up five days after in the hospital.(May there soul rest in perfect peace.) Before death of my late father, he disclosed to me about sum of (U.S. dollars.$16,500,000)) sixteen million five hundred thousand united states dollars he deposited in a Bank with my name as next of kin, he wanted to move this money outside Africa which he wanted to invest into Hotels, Industries, And Real Estate Building Management outside Africa.but I did not contact you specifically for the Hotels and real Estate Investment purposes, may be is not your line only but to guide me in any lucrative business of your choice.
I am a novice in terms of business and can not be able to handle any investment by myself and do not want to involve my relatives as instructed by my late father and that is why I solicit for your assistance to guard me invest the money as a partner under your care. If we happen to do this together, before any thing is done with the money, I will give you 10% of the total money as compensation for your assistance. I look forward to hear from you for more details if you are willing and able to handle this.
Best regards.Davison Duke.

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