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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 sigcau" <assist_stella_sigcau@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stellasigcau_06@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:51:11 +0000
Subject: HAPPY HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dearest One,
I greet you with the love of humanity, which I believed is suppose to be
in the heart of everyman including you. Let this message go down well with
you and consider my request as opportunity to save my entire life and
restore my dignity and personality

My names are stella sigcau Young girl of 23 years, from the Konor
District of LIBERIA. I am the eldest daugther of my late father: His Royal
Highness (Dr SOLATA SIGCAU) the Agbana of Konor The 11.My father was
murdered in
a Cold-blood by the Revolutionary Armed Force that initiated the civil war
and political unrest in my country .He was victimized for advocating JUSTICE
and EQUITY for every citizens. He was killed along side with six other
senior chief and other high ranking personal in the palace.
The painful thing that shook me is that when our only boy born of among
my late father children was stabbed to death by the rebels. While my
younger sisters who were trying to reuse him was shot to death by one of the
soldier. It was the grace of God that I managed to escape through the
back small gate by the help of the security men. My mother and her last born
of about 10 years who's survived the attacked are also here with me in
Ghana, the Republic Of Ghana capital city .we all came here for safety of
their
life.

What a bitter experience in life! I am left with only a mother and
little girl at the stage of life. The only hope and treasure that might
keep me living now is the physical cash of U.S$10m (Ten Millions U.S
Dollars)
and 52 kilogram of gold dust are in a separate metallic truck boxes
which my late father had deposited in a BANK here in Ghana before
he died. In his WILLS he has deposited the money and the precious items in
my names as the first daughter who to succeed him, In the Wills he stated
that, the fund should be used to take care of the family and the well being
of
The palace. Now, that the palace is burnt down during the up rising and
the children were killed and scatter our family attorney and the community
elder men advised me to leave the country for abroad for security reason.
My beloved, now that i can no longer go back to my country for
settlement, I decided to seek a foreign partner like you who will assist me
relocate
the money and boxes of gold to his country for safe keeping and investment
purpose. What I
want you to do for me now is for you to stand as a foreign partner and
received the money in your country when the shipping company deliver box for
gold
to you.

In case you reply me with interest, I am ready to send you all documents
that cover me as the owner of the funds and gold and in addition help in
making any necessary assistance that you my require from me
Please, these money and the gold is my life and my only hope, as soon as
you received the boxes, keep it safe and send for me to come to your country
so that we
can all join hands together for investment that will bring profit to us so
that

we can keep our family in good order

Thanks
stella sigcau.


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