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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: Miss Stepheny <stephsn04@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: stephsno2@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:15:06 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Hello my dear


Hello my dear

I'm delighted and honourd writing this letter to you and I hope and pray that you be the honest person that will bring meaning into my life because I believe that is going to mark the beginning of our never-ending Suffering.

I am a female student from University Khartoum Sudan, I am 23 years old and am studing mass comminication,and in Second year.I am like any person who can be caring,loving and home oriented despite the fact that I am from a well known family............I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about you. I would like to build up a solid foundation with you in time coming, if you can be able to help me in this transaction.

I am Miss Stepheny Garang from the Republic of Sudan, the Daughter of Late Dr. John Garang. Before my late father’s death, was Vice President of Sudan and was kill by Sudan President Omar al Bashir in helicopter crash.

The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek you assistance in the area of my future investment and also for a help hand over some amount of money my Late father deposited for me as beneficiary.This money is Seven Millon Three Hundred Thousand Dollars my late father deposited for me.

Now i am in a refugees camp seeking asylum in Dakar Senegal, I came here after the death of my parents and i am in search of a foreign partner to help me retrieve the money from the financier firm and also help me relocate to his /her country and invest in real estate and industrial productions. I have contacted the concern firm so many times but what they told me was due to my refugee status they will not release the fund to me, therefore i should present a partiner,sincere person or a company to stand on my behalf.

I am now asking you to please help me and stand on my behalf to make this claim, I am ready to pay 20% of the total amount to you if you help me in this transaction and i have maped out 5% for any expencies that maybe incurred during the transfer process and another 10% interest of Annual Income to you for handling this transaction for me which you will strongly have absolute control over.

If you can handle this project sincerely and also willing to assist me in transfering this fund to your bank account in your country, kindly reach me.I want you to know much about me so that we can achieve this together.I will send my photographs ande phone number when i hear from you soonest.

Yours sincerely,
Yours Miss Steph


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