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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 benson <mirian0-03@att.net>
Reply-To: stellabenson_49@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:02:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HII

Hello
how are you doing today i hope you are in good condition,
my name is miss stella i know you may be thinking if we
have know each other before well the answer is no. well i came across
your mail here in the net while doing a research then i decided to
contact you for
partnership i hope you don't mind well if you don't mind
i will be waiting for your reply so we can talk more about ourself and
exchange pictures, i will be hopeing to hear from you soon.

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