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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: stelle jose <stelle_jose2006@inbox.lv>
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:07:39 +0300
Subject: urgent message



Dear respectful One
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a
surprise, since we have not known or written before.
Introducing myself, I am STELLE JOSE KOSA, I AM 23 years of age the
only daugter of the lat Mr and Mrs.JOSE KOSA.
My father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra,Ghana and
Abidjan(Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their business trips.Before the death of my
father on 29th June 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He
secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has a sum of
Ten Million U.S dolers(US$10,000,000.00)
deposited in a Security and finance company in (Abidjan(Ivory Coast),
that he used my name as his only daugter for the next of kin in
depositing the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he
was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a
foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this
money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his
existing cocoa business and real estate management here on how best
to transfer this money to overseas please.He told me that the fund is
a trunk box as such the security Company does not know the contents of
the box.I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1- To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can
quietly be transferred into.
2- To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still in the
university.
3- To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and to help me secure a residential permit in your
country.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 10% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of
this fund into your nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set
aside to offset any expenses we may incur. Furthermore, you can
indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this
transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if
you signify interest to assist me.
NB : Please contact me immediately you receive this message through
this email address: ( stelle_jose2004@yahoo.fr ) if you are
interested.God bless.
YOURS FAITHFULLY
MISS. STELLE JOSE KOSA
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