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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 phaso <stellaphaso01@live.com>
Reply-To: <stellaphaso2008@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:24:58 +0200
Subject: Mrs. Stella Phaso (Very Urgent)



From: Mrs. Stella Phaso.18 Sunheight Ranburg EastJohannesburg South Africa.Dear Friend, This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial as a matter ofurgent am desperately looking for a foreign partner whom I can trust to handlesome investment or fund movement.I am Mrs. Stella Phaso, wife of late Mr. Christopher Phaso, who was murdered bythe Zimbabwean veterans and irate black people. I am writing from South Africa.I got your address through the consultancy directory during my search for areliable and honest person to transact this business with.I write to solicit for your special assistance to a family shattered by atyrannical government led by a dictator and his (ZANU-PF) ruling party-president Robert Mugabe. Because of land and farm land crisis in Zimbabwe, thegovernment secretly sponsored the war veterans and some irate party members todispossess the land being occupied by white farmers. This action has led to thekilling of some members of opposition party including my husband (ChristopherPhaso).But before the death of my husband, he anticipated some dangers and so hedeposited the sum of US$10.5m (Ten Million Five hundred Thousand United StatesDollars) in the name of our only son Stanley Phaso, with the help of reputablesecurity company in south Africa with the intention of using it to openfertilizer manufacturing company among other companies in our neighboringcountry (Swaziland) after his university education.On the 29th of June 2000, the war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF)ruling party trooped into our compound and axed him (my husband) to death.Since then, they have been terrorizing my only son, Stanley Phaso, but wemanaged to escape to a neighboring country, as a political asylum seeker(refugee). But our position in South Africa does not permit us to open anaccount or run any huge financial business.That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your private account sothat you will assist us to invest it in your country. Hence, if you agree toassist us, we will offer you 25% of the money for your assistance, 5% will befor the possible expenses incurred in the process of this transaction, while70% will be for our family investment in your country under your closesupervision. I need your urgent and confidential response. Send me an email.EMAIL; (stellaphaso@yahoo.com) or phone me on this line Tel; + 27736679418 ormy son +27714682330.Best regardsStella phaso(For the family)
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