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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: Nicole Stuart <nicolestuart1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: nicole.stuart195@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:37:28 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Greetings to you my dear




Greetings to you my dear

I am Miss Nicole Stuart 20 years old. I solicit your urgent assistance to retrieve my inheritance fund in your account due to political crisis in this nation.

Please can you assist me to retrieve my late father’sdeposit sum of (USD11.2M) Eleven million two hundred thousand united states dollars. He deposited this fund in a financial institution here with my name as his next of Kin.

May God bless you as you respond to my cry for help.

Miss Nicole Stuart

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