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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 Micheal" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stellamicheal005@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:08:31 +0100
Subject: Re: Good Dey,

Dear Friend

I beg you in the name of God.. I need your assistance, my name is Stella Micheal, 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 hide 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 with my name as the beneficiary before he died, so i want to transfer the money out 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 30% of the money as compensation for you assistance.



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

Regards

Stella Micheal

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