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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 Newman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stellanew1976@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 23:20:48 -0800
Subject: Dear Beloved


Dear beloved,

Compliment of the day to you, i am Stella Newman, 37 years old from Denver, Colorado. I apologize for using this medium to reach you, it was based on the circumstance. I am the only child of my late parents, my late Dad was into civil engineering and worked with Oil Contractors in Asia, Europe and some part of Africa. I had the opportunity to work with my dad as his personal Auditor, and we traveled together in few occasions for his projects.

After the death of my mom, my dad got into a relationship with a woman who later became my step mother. 2 years after my dad passed away she become a wide lioness, anything i did wasn't good enough and irritating to her. She and her children took almost everything my late dad left behind, leaving me little or nothing as my inheritance. I could barely survive with everything that happened, but before my late father passed away. On his dying bed, he disclosed to me some documents he had hidden in the house which was related to some of his contracts unpaid.

Be hold i found the documents, and as he directed before he passed away. I decided to leave the United State for West Africa. Precisely Ghana, to lay claims to my late fathers unpaid contract/inheritance. I later got to know about a contract my late dad executed with Ghana Gold Coast, and i intend getting the funds over to the United States. I would also like to find someone who can be my guide to investing these funds into any high profitable investment, that way i know that my future and the future of my unborn children is secured.

I feel reluctant talking about this online, but i am trusting again although i have been hurt and heart broken by my step mom. I am never scared of trusting again, because without trust in life it is not worth living and i know the right person to assist me is out there somewhere. I am currently in Ghana, to lay claims to my late fathers contractual entitlement/inheritance. Hence i am seeking your assistance, i feel as a foreigner it is absolutely dangerous for me to be here alone as a woman. I had meet with some officials in charge of my late fathers contractual entitlement, and i was made to understand since he left they have deposited his payment to a security vault here in Accra,Ghana.

I visited the security company were it has been deposited, it was stocked in two trunk boxes containing my late fathers personal effects, expensive working tools, 35 kilos of raw Gold from Ghana, and a total some of $4.3Million (Four Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Locked up with a security code numbers known to me alone as we speak, deposited as my late fathers traveling luggage's. I want the boxes out from the shores of Ghana, while i catch up with you as soon as it is been delivered to you. Every arrangement i have discussed with security company to deliver the boxes is perfect, and check performed which makes it free from customs checks. The boxes have security code lock known to me only, so the boxes cannot be opened on their way of delivery to you.

Therefore, i would want you to contact me indicating your sincere willingness to assist me. I will introduce you to the security company as my hubby or beneficiary, and make it known to them that you will be the recipient of my boxes. I am offering you 25% of the total funds, to show my appreciations for your assistance.

I will appreciate your kind assistance, if this proposal satisfies.

Your faithfully,

Stella Newman.

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