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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: Stephanie Costar <orgzone8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: stephaniecostar@barid.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:33:50 +0100
Subject: My donation through you for the less privileged,

Greetings Dearest,

My name is Mrs Stephanie Costar, from United State of America,i'm 68
years old and i'm very sick and diagnosed for cancer about 2 years
ago,Right now my doctor has informed me that I may not live for more
than two months and i have decided to donate what i have to charity
through you. You may be wondering why I chose you,But I selected you
after I prayed over it. I inherited a total sum of $15 million dollars
from my late husband.The fund is deposited with ECORE Bank here in
America. My late husband was very rich man and I inherited all his
wealth after his death.

So I decided to divide part of this wealth to contribute to the
development of the orphanage homes and less privileges in America and
other part of the world. I am willing to donate the sum of $5 million
dollars to you for the less privileges and orphanage homes in your
country. if your interested get back to me and i will give you the
bank information and in-trust them to transfer the fund into your
private account. that is if you assure me that you will act
accordingly as I Stated herein.

My regards
Mrs.Stephanie Costar,

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