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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: Ms Stella Benson <kalinizar1990@gmail.com>
Reply-To: stellabenson21@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 03:40:44 +0000
Subject: Ms Stella Benson

Greeting to you,

I am Ms Stella Benson the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs Daniel Benson, I
wish to request your assistance in a financial transaction and wish to
invest in Manufacturing and Real Estate Management in your country. I
inherited the sum of Twelve million Eight hundred thousand
dollars.USD($12.800,000.00) from my late father and I want to invest this
fund in your country. I will require your assistance to receive the funds
in your personal account for investment in your country. I will gladly give
you 20% of the total sum for your assistance. Please it is very important
you contact me immediately on my email (stellabenson21@gmail.com) for
further explanation on how we will work together.

Awaiting your immediate response

Thanks and God bless

Best Regards
Ms Stella Benson

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