419 scam: Stanley Goodluck <stanleygoodluck@voila.fr> Dear Friend,

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "stanleygoodluck@voila.fr" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Stanley Goodluck <stanleygoodluck@voila.fr>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 05:35:13 GMT
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never met before, but need not to worry as I am using the only secured and confidential medium available to seek for your foreign assistance in a business. I am contacting you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication.

I need your assistance in transferring the sum of $15 million US Dollars, immediately to your private account. The money has been here in our bank lying dormant for more than 6 years now without anybody coming for the claim of it.

I want to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer (the account owner), who died along with his supposed next of kin since November 2005. The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than 6 years because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as an unclaimed fund.

Upon receipt of your reply, indicating your interest in this transaction, I will send you full details on how the business will be executed. Please keep this proposal as a Top Secret and do remember to please reply me through my private email address below.

Best regards,

Stanley goodluck .( stanleygoodluck@voila.fr )

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