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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: "MRS. STELLA VICTORIE ARMANDO " <stellavictorie147@wine.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "stellavictoriearmando1@yahoo.com" <stellavictoriearmando1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 16:16:29 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Re: My Name is Mrs.Stella Victorie Armando from Argentina.

My Name is Mrs.Stella Victorie Armando from Argentina the wife of Late Mr. Carlos
Armando, one of the financial advisers to late President Muammar Gaddafi,the former
President of the oil richer country of Africa, called Libya and the Richest President
in the world ,Please I am writing from Libya. Please over the news you can hear about
the trouble and the uprising in the country Libya which resulted to the killing of
the Libyan Leader and taking over of the government by the new National Transitional
Council (NTC).


My Husband was one of the financial advisers to the late president and due to the
problem in Libya, he was killed during the uprising, I have been in hiding here in
Libya due to the problems and killings which have made me to contact you to help me
secure large sums of money which is Thirty Four Millions Of United States Dollars
($34,000,000.00) which the President Muammar Gaddafi deposited in my late
husband’s name in a security company. The money was stacked in trunk boxes. Everybody
thought I died with my husband in the explosion that killed my husband and my
children but I escaped by grace of God and the money is forgotten.
Please I am contacting you for you to assist me claim the money and have it shipped
to your country for a better investment and am ready to give you 40% of the total
money if you are ready to help me.

Mrs. Stella Armando.

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