419 scam: Barr Juke Dukes <co876004326@gmail.com> From Barrister Jude Dukes

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Barr Juke Dukes <co876004326@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barrjukedukes2@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:46:18 -0200
Subject: From Barrister Jude Dukes

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Dear Friend

I am Barrister Jude Dukes, a Solicitor and the Personal attorney to Mr.
Hoel Paul Edouard, a national of France, who died in a Plane crash on
Monday 2nd September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York
to Geneva. You can see the news or report on the below site.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

My client his wife and three children lost their lives on that plane
crash.Since then,i have made several enquirers to the embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the
internet, so as to locate any member of his family but to no avail.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money that belonged to
my late client before they get confiscated or declared as serviceable by
the bank where this huge deposit were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where
the deceased had an account valued at about US$15 Million Dollars, has
issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years
now therefore, I have decided to seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$15 Million Dollars, can be paid to you and then you and me can share the
money 50% to me and 45% to you, while 5% will be mapped out for any
expenses during the process or tax as your government may require. I have
the certificate of deposit that can be used to back up any claim we may
make.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see the deal
through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me
strictly via this email () to enable us discuss further.

Best regards.
Barr Juke Dukes
Principal Attorney.

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