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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 Sigcau" <stllsgc975@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:44:17 -0300
Subject: I beg you in the name of God.. I need you




I beg you in the name of God.. I need you
assistance, my name is Stella Sigcau, I?m 23yrs old orphan girl in
Bujumbura refugee camp in Ghana . My parents were killed in a ghastly
car accident six months ago, but I know it was the work of our enemies
due to a land dispute belonging to my dad where gold was found. My dad
was a cocoa farmer and he acquired many landed properties, so after my
parents? death his brothers took over all our family properties and
they gave my hand in marriage to a 61 years old village chief, I
didn't like it so I refuse and I ran away from our village to
Bujumbura refugee camp. My uncles wanted to kill me when they
discovered that I took my father's bank documents which he uses to
lodge some money in a bank last year. They wanted to kill me so that
they can inherit my father's properties and the money; so I have to
run and hid in the refugee camp for safety that is where I am now. I
want to leave Ghana and come to your country and further my education
because my life is no safer here. My father deposited some money
in a bank here with my name as the beneficiary before he died, so i
want to transfer the money out of Ghana to your country so that I can
invest it into a good lucrative business in your country for my future
and at the same time further my education there. The money is seven
million dollars. My reason of writing you is to ask you to assist me
in coming over to your country and also to help me to invest the money
in a lucrative business there while I further my studies. Please If
you can help me to achieve this I am ready to offer you 20% of the
money as compensation for you assistance.
+233 548 708 154

1) Your Full Name:
2) Phone, Fax and Mobile
3) Profession, Age and Marital Status.
4) Nationality

Regards

Stella/Micheal=20
+233 548 708 154

thanks and God bless you

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