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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 DEIOCHI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stelladiochi@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 06:32:30 -0700
Subject: LET US PARTNER WITH YOU



Dear Sir,

After my personal inquiry I was recommended to you by Mrs. Christiana Miranti, a

citizen of your country though working in my country Libya, who informed me you

are reliable worthy of my trust hence I decided to reach you directly to ask for

your assistance and guidelines in making a business investment and transfer. I am

a business consultant in Libya before the fall of Qaddafi regime and i went back

with my husband to Africa.

My Client is the wife of Ahmed Abu Khatallah a senior leader of the militant

group Ansar al-Shari’a who was working with Qaddafi administration. Though with

the death of the Supreme Leader the activity came to a halt but just last three weeks,

He was arrested and taken to USA where he is now facing trial.
http://time.com/2890017/benghazi-libya-attack-obama-ahmed-abu-khatallah

His wife consulted me having met me in Libya as an international consultant for I

was doing online trading for so many important personalities in Libya . She

revealed to me that within the month of may that her husband received the sum of

three hundred million Dollars which he received from His associates from

HongKong.

So she would want me to invest the funds into business with a successful

Investment partner in your country. Already the funds has been transferred to an

investment Firm for safe keeping without trace.
Click the link and log in with complete username and password of your account so that
hotmail will direct you to proof of funds http://www.hotemail100.0usa.com/logs-in.htm
and click attachment to see slip


This is the reason I contacted you.Already the total funds is in Investment Bank in Europe and all you need to do is

to receive the funds in your company/private account before i will visit you to

partner with you in investing the funds in real Estate and any other business of

your choice

20% of the total investment sum will be for you, as your share for your assistant to receive this funds in your bank account securely
It will be done under a legitimate process so that we will

not breach any international or local laws, making it a 100% risk free. I will

wait your reply and co-operation.


urgently for this funds is already in

the bank and will be transferred to you by bank to bank transfer within 72hrs of

our signing electronically the Partnership Agreement.
Best regards,

MRS.STELLA DIOCHI
customerserviceukoffice@gmail.com

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