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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: "Miss. Angela" <steangela99@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

Hello Dearest One,

How are you doing?
Please, allow me to introduce myself for you briefly. I am Miss Angela
Stewart, 21 years old girl, the only daughter of late Chief and Mrs,Stewart
Bamar. My father was a very wealthy Gold merchant; but he was killed in
cold blood by group of Islamic fundamentalist terrorizing our home country
for many years back now, My mother died when I was little baby, since then
my father has treated me so special. Before the death of my father in
November 2018. He told me that he has the sum of Three million five hundred
thousand United State Dollars, ($US3.5M) he left in a fixed suspense
account in one of the prime banks, that he used my name as his only
daughter for the next of Kin in depositing the fund

My Dad explained to me that because of the incessant political and
terrorist activities in this country, and to avoid been kill by his
enemies, I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice
where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as
real estate or hotel management. I am honorably seeking your assistance in
the following ways please:

(1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am still a young girl
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and also to secure a resident permit in your country,

I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your
effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your
nominated account overseas, Please, indicate your options towards assisting
me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven (7)
days you signify your interest to assist me
I am waiting to hear from you urgently,
Thanks and God bless.
Yours Sincerely,
Miss Angela Stewart

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