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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 Donald <zoby_sy2k@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: stelladonald2009@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:30:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Greetings from Stella Donald

Greetings from Stella Donald
Abidjan - Cote D'Ivoire.


Hello dear.

Please permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this email may come to you as a surprise, since we have not met or written before. Introducing myself, I am Stella Donald, 21 years of age and the only daughter of my parents late Mr. and Mrs. George Donald.

My father was a Cocoa & Coffee merchant based in Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire . He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.

Before the death of my father on July 15th 2009 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$10.5M (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) kept in a trunk box and was deposited in a Security company here in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.

According to my father, he used my name as his only daughter for the next of kin in depositing the Trunk Box. 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 to invest the fund when released to us and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or any business you may advise to do in your country that will be profitable.

I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1) To assist me in keeping this transaction confidential as I don't want a third party to know about it.

2) To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still 21 yrs without business ideal.

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 as soon as the fund is under your care.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 10% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful of the transaction, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses you may occur.

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.

I look forward hearing from you as to enable us proceed.

Thank you and God bless you for understand and help.

Ms Stella Donald
Email: stelladonald2009@hotmail.com



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