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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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Fraud email example:

From: STELLA !!! <sg_sg47g@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: mrs.stella2006@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:41:10 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT


From: Miss Stella Sigcau
Bujumbura Refugee Camp
Accra ,Ghana
Reply to:mrs.stella2006@hotmail.com
With warm heart I offer my friendship, Calvary greetings to you and I hope this mail will meet you in good time. However strange or uprising this contact might seem to you, as we have not meet personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your esteem contact and particulars out of desperate search for a business minded personality in your country, who will honestly assist my younger brother and I to realize our inherited funds into his/her account and as well as invest it into a lucrative business. I have prayed over it and selected your name among names due to it is esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that I can do business with and by the recommendation; I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

My name is Stella Sigcau, the elder daughter of Mr. Zac sigcau of Zimbabwe. During the recent war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters of our President, Robert Mugabe to claim all the white -owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.

My father being one of the few rich and successful black farmers in our country was also victimized because of his opposition to Mugabe’s policies. And because he did not support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of items in my father's farm. This action was taken because my late father felt the growing tension on the farm issue, but I guess he never anticipated the tragedy that brought their brutal and sudden death.

However with the benefit of hindsight, owing to the looming but deteriorating crisis in my country, Zimbabwe, my father, before his unfortunate death had deposited with one of the Security Company in Accra Ghana in West Africa the sum of US$14 Million (Fourteen Million United States Dollars).

After the death of my father, my brother and I escaped to the Republic of Ghana where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as a family valuable property. And we were permitted to reside here as Political Refugees. So Because of our present and unpleasant status here we decided to contact an overseas firm / individual that can assist us to move this money out Of Ghana because, as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any financial transaction of such amount within Ghana.

My father advised me not to tell anybody except my foreign partner and my mother who is the last of (8) eight wives that he married. I am the only daughter of my mother. But she is late now. Died one month after the death of my father my entire father's properties, companies etc...,

I have no hand in them because my mother is the last and was also hated by his other wives. My father told me that I should use this money with my younger brother because he knows if he dies we cannot get anything as inheritance.

He advised me that I should seek for a foreign assistance and that I should not invest this money here because of his other wives and male children who happen to be my seniors. I am soliciting for your assistance to invest this fund in a real Estates for us, where I will live with younger brother and further advice me where and how I will invest the money in your country. I believe that by the special grace of God, you will help us to move this fund out of Ghana to any country of your choice where we can invest this money in a legitimate business with you.

Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:
1) Your Full Name:
2) Phone, Fax and Mobile
3) Profession, Age and Marital Status.
4) Nationality

As soon as the above mentioned details are received, the formalities for the release/ transfer of this fund will take place.

As it stands now, I am asking your assistance in the following ways:

1) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a little young without investment knowledge.

2) To make arrangement for me and my younger brother to come over to your country to further our education and to secure a resident permit us.

3) You will be in-charge of any viable business venture which will involve monetary charges and the transfer charges until the fund gets into your account.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 30% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account. I have to re-assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and should be treated with absolute confidentiality. All the vital documentation/certification that has to do with the origin of the fund is with me for the security reasons. And I will send them to you when we progress. And I guarantee you that this money is not government money, drug money, or from arms deals.

Furthermore, if you will be able to assist me, please do urgently reply for more clarification and confirmation in order to stop further contacts as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within (14) days.

Thanks and God bless you.
Regards,

Stella /Michael Sigcau
Reply to:mrs.stella2006@hotmail.com



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