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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: "Stella Dickson" <stelladickson76@voila.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: stelladickson76@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:13:04 -0700
Subject: How are you?

Dear Beloved,

How are you today?

Blessed is he that considerate the poor the lord will deliver him in the time of
trouble and he shall be blessed upon the earth(Ps. 41:1-2)greetings in thy name of
our Lord Jesus Christ. I am Mrs Stella Dickson,a widow to Late Dr Longman Dickson.
I Am 69 years old, suffering from long time cancer of the blood (Leukaemia) According to
my doctor, my condition is critical and I might not survive. Although as a
christian,I believe God and I know that I will not die,but will live to declare the
glory of God.

I have the sum of Seven million,five hundred thousand US Dollars
($7.5m) The fund is presently deposited with a bank and all the documents concerning
the fund are in the custody of my lawyer.
I inherited the money from my late husband who was an industrialist and
international businessman. I have prayed concerning this donation for
God's guidance and if in your heart you geniunely and faithfully desire to
use this fund for the propagation of God's work in any form whether for charity,
ministry, evangelical work or otherwise in relation to God's work,do
get in touch with me for further arrangements with my lawyer on how you will
receive the fund. please do contact immediately.

Thanks
Stella Dickson




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