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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 Clark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stellaclark14@wwjd.ru>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 00:06:57 -0500
Subject: This is Strictly Personal (Please get back to me Urgently)

Good day to you

I have gone thruogh your profile and i am really interested to get connected to you, though I have not considered this medium to be the best manner to have approached you on this issue being that the internet has been greatly abused over the recent years and is very unsecured for information's of vital importance. I have decided to take the chance seeing that no other means could have been faster and more efficient than here

My Dear I know this message will come to you as a surprise, I have already thought of what will come to your mind or how you will feel when you see my message, but because of the persuasion I have in the spirit, and the conviction God has placed in my mind, I picked up courage to write you knowing that it is Gods wish.

I am Stella Clark, daughter of Chief Vincent Clark, the King and paramount Ruler of Delta Kingdom. I am 25 years old and a graduate of Mass Communication. My father was the king of Delta Kingdom the highest oil producing area in Nigeria. He was in charge of reviving royalties from the multi-national oil companies and government on behalf of the oil producing communities in Nigeria.

After the hanging of the Delta Nine(9) including Ken Saro Wiwa by the late dictator General Sani Abacha, my father suffered stroke and died in August 27th last year. But before his death, he called me and told me he has Twenty Three Million Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars (USD23,560,000.00) cash in his possession, specially deposited in a Security vault company here. He advised me not to tell anybody except my mother who is the last wife of the (8) eight wives that he married.

My mother did not bear any male child for him. Which implies that all my father's properties, companies e.t.c., we have no share in them because my mother has no male child according to African Tradition. My father therefore secretly gave me all the relevant documents of the said money, and told me that I should use this money with my mother and my younger sisters because he knows that traditionally, if he dies we cannot get anything, as inheritance. He importantly advised me that I should seek foreign assistance and that I should not invest this money here in Nigeria because of his other wives and male children who happen to be my elders.

I am soliciting for your immediate assistance to get a Bungalow for us, where I will live with my mother and two younger sisters and further advise me where and how I will invest the balance money in any developed country like yours, and i want to know if there is any way we can invest these funds possibly on products of your company and other profitable ventures.

I believe that by the special grace of God, you will help us move this money out of Nigeria here we can invest this money judiciously with you. You are entitled to a reasonable part of this money based on our agreement, and God will bless you as you help us

Regards

Stella Clark

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