419 scam: "Miss Stella Rose" <stellarose443321@rediffmail.com> Dear Friend,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "insurance fee " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348172854396
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- alinco.office@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Stella Rose" <stellarose443321@rediffmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: alinco.office@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 07:47:14 -0500
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your
consignment but i did not heard anything from you since then, I have
deposited the US$5,000,000.00 with the ALINCO SECURITY COMPANY here in
Nigeria, because I traveled to Japan to see my boss and I will not come
back till next year ending.I have arranged with the ALINCO SECURITY
COMPANY to get your US$5,000,000.00 to you this month and they will be
coming to you with the fund inside black portfolio, I would have deposited
the fund with the Bank for them to transfer the fund into your own Bank
account but the procedure of Bank is too much and they will required
enough fee.I drop your delivery details with the ALINCO SECURITY COMPANY
but I will like you to re-confirm the information to them again so that
they will not be any mistake when coming with the fund.

Send the below information to the ALINCO SECURITY COMPANY.(1)Full
name:(2)Address:(3)Tel:I want you to know that you have all right to
declare how you want to receive your fund, I would have prefer the fund
to be transfer to you but I make some searches about the Bank transfer
and they told me that it will cost you the sum of US$1500 to transfer the
US$5,000,000.00 into your account.But I have deposited the
US$5,000,000.00 in cash to the ALINCO SECURITY COMPANY, below is the
ALINCO SECURITY COMPANY contact.Director: Mr.Paul Ego Mobile:
+234-81-72854396 Email: ( alinco.office@gmail.com ) I have paid the
delivery charges and insurance fee to the ALINCO SECURITY COMPANY. The
only Money that the ALINCO SECURITY COMPANY will require from you is $95
Dollars for demur-rage,

if you can pay the $95 Dollars to them, they will proceed and get the
US$5,000,000.00 to you in your Country.Please if you want to contact the
ALINCO SECURITY COMPANY, you are to contact them with your portfolio code
number which is (PPL111RSS) and your address where you want them to
deliver the cash to you and you are to pay the $95 to the ALINCO SECURITY
COMPANY to enable them to proceed and get the cash to you, don't fail to
resend your information to them for your own good.

Regards,Miss. Stella Rose

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