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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: "Mr. Duke Dayal" <eristep02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dukeday1966@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:45:38 -0100
Subject: Hello Friend !!

Hello Dear

Before I start, I must firstly apologize for this unsolicited proposal to
you. My Name is Mr. Duke Dayal, the Currently CFO & Executive Director,
Santander Bank UK, There is a deal of transfer Involving
$50,000,000.00.USD.(FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). presently in
our bank now. I am proposing to Make this transfer to any preferable
account of yours, be informed that this transaction is 100% total risk free
and trouble free as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from
drug, money laundering, terrorism or any other illegal act.

When we are through with the transaction, for your help and assistance, our
sharing rates shall be 50% for me while 50% for you. Kindly reply to me
explaining your tension, so that i will feed you with more details, if you
are Interested to do business with me, respond to my private email (
dayal00751@yahoo.com). for more details.

I await your response.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Duke Dayal
CFO & Executive Director
Santander Bank UK

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