419 scam: "MASTER DUKE MORRISON"<dukemorrison5@yahoo.com> RE: PLEASE I DO HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU BACK.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dukemorrison18@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MASTER DUKE MORRISON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dukemonrrison18@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:21:16 +0100
Subject: RE: PLEASE I DO HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU BACK.

DEAR GOOD FRIEND,

I GOT YOUR CONTACT WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE GOOGLE TO LOOK FOR HELP FROM ANY ONE.

I AM THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE CHIEF EMMANUAL K MORRISON THE C.E.O OF GOLD MARCHAT GROUP OF COMPANY, ACCRA , GHANA. UNTILL MY DADDY DIED HE WAS AT THE HEAD OF AFFAIRS OF HIS BUSINESS EMPIRE, HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATE, WHO IS PRESENTLY SERVING JAIL TERM HERE IN GHANA AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF LATE CHIEF EMMAUNAL JOHNSON (MY DADDY).

MY LATE DADDY ON HIS SICK BED WROTE HIS WILL IN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE FAMILY LAWYER. IT WAS AFTER THE FUNERAL CEREMONY THAT THE WILL WAS READ TO I AND MY MOTHER WHO IS SERIOUSLY ILL DUE TO SUDDEN DEATH OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND. THE WILL STATES THAT, MY LATE FATHER DEPOSITED $5MILLION U.S DOLLARS. IN ABBEY BANK PLC, IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, AND THAT I AM THE ONE TO INHERIT THIS FUND BUT FIRST THE MONEY SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT DOWN TO AFRICA DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS RELATIVES WILL WANT TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THE FUND BECAUSE THAT IS THE CULTURE OF MY PEOPLE. THIS THEY HAVE DONE BY TAKING HIS LANDED PROPERTY AND COMPANY,LEAVING JUST THIS FUND THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF. IN THE WILL HE STATED THAT I SHOULD PROVIDE A FORIEGN GUIDE WHO WILL HELP ME TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO HIS FORIEGN ACCOUNT AND INVEST IT WISELY FOR ME. HE STATED THAT THE FORIEGNER SHOULD BE GIVEN 20% OUT FROM THE ENTIRE FUND.

ALL I NEED FROM YOU NOW MY DEAR IS TO STAND FOR ME AS MY FORIEGN GUIDE SO THIS FUND CAN BE TRANSFERED TO YOUR ACCOUNT IMEDIATELY SO I CAN TAKE MY MUMMY TO PROBABLY YOUR COUNTRY SO SHE CAN HAVE BETTER TREATMENT BECAUSE WE SERIOUSLY BANKRUPT AND HER HEALTH IS DETERIORATING VERY FAST.

PLEASE DEAR, IF YOU ARE REALLY WILLING TO HELP ME E-MAIL ME IMMEDIATELY SO I CAN FURNISH YOU WITH EVERY DETAILS YOU NEED TO SPEED UP THE TRANFER FROM THE BANK IN LONDON TO YOUR ACCOUNT OVER THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I AWAIT YOUR FAVOURABLE REPLY.THIS MY EMAIL: dukemorrison18@gmail.com

YOURS SINCERELY,
MASTER, DUKE MORRISON.

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