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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stell_sigcau@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:18:06 -0100
Subject: From Your Daughter

Hello ,
 
My name is Stella Sigcau i am 19 years old, the only Daughter of Mr.Zac sigcau of Zimbabwe.I am seeking for a reliable person who will honestly assist me to realize my inherited funds into his/her account and as well as invest it into a lucrative business. During the recent war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the  supporters of our President, Robert Mugabe to claim all the white -owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.
 
 
My father being one of the few rich and successful black farmers in our country was also victimized because of his opposition to Mugabe's policies, And because he did not support Mugabe's ideas Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of items in my father's farm. This action was taken because my late father felt the growing tension on the farm issue, but I guess he never anticipated the tragedy that brought their brutal and sudden death.
 
 
However with the benefit of hindsight, my father before his unfortunate death had deposited with one of the Banks in Accra Ghana in West Africa the sum of US$ 14 Million (Fortheen Million United States Dollars), After the death of my father,I escaped to the Republic of Ghana where he had deposited the money in one of the Banks, And i was permitted to reside here as Political Refugees. So Because of my present and unpleasant status here i decided to contact an overseas firm / individual  that can assist me to move this money out Of Ghana because as asylum seekers i am not allowed to operate any financial transaction of such amount within Ghana.
 
I have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your assistance and the rest will be for me to Invest in your country with your help. If you are willing to help me kindy get back to me on :stell.sigcau@hotmail.com for more details.
 
 
Thanks and God bless you.
 
 
Yours faithfully,
Stella Sigcau.

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