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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: anthony duke <duke.anthony8@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 03:28:24 +0200
Subject: Dear Respectiful,,

Dear Respectiful,,

I got your e-mail address contact through your country's Information
Exchange On line while browsing and after that,I decided to contact you to
ask for your assistance in this urgent matter that requires trust,
confidentiality because you might receive this message in your
Inbox,Junk/Spam folder.

My name is Mr.Duke Anthony senior Manager of ( GUARANTY TRUST BANK OF
KENYA) African Banking Corporation Limited Africa. I am 55 years old
man,married with four children.

I have a very urgent,confidential and profitable business for both of us
Valued at $25.5 Million (Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
state Dollars). This fund is an excess of what my branch in which I am the
senior manager made as profit last year. I have already submitted an
approved End of the Year 2015 report to my Head Office and they will never
know of this Excess.I have since then, placed this amount of $25.5 Million
(Twenty Five Million,Five Hundred Thousand United state Dollars) on a
SUSPENSE SECURITY without a beneficiary.

As a senior Manager of the bank,I cannot be directly connected to this
money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this
money as the beneficiary of the funds. If we could do this together,we
shall share this funds 50/50 between us accordingly and this transaction is
100% risk free,as no-risk involved in this and this is going to be a direct
transaction. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of
this fund.

If interested,please write back for more information,while I shall explain
more in details as soon as I got a response from you if you are interested.

Thanks for your kind understanding,awaiting your response!
Best Regards,
Mr.Duke Anthony.
Please reply to ( privateprivacy@hotmail.fr )

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