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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 Kovo Kovo <stell.kovo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:42:14 +0200
Subject: Mis Stella kovo

URGENT MATTER

Ple Do Reply Me With THis Private email address : (stellakovo@ymail.com

I am Miss Stella kovo 23 years old young girl from ivory coast, Only
/Daughter of late Mr Michael Kovo I have 9.5 million USD which was
made by my late father before he died in oct 2006 which is left in a
suspence account in a bank here in my country Ivory Coast. I seek for
your permision to remmit this amount into your banking account so that i
will relocate to your country to further my studies, while you
invest the money into a good besiness that will profite the both of us
since i do not know how business is being handle in your country, I
have accepted to offer you 20% of the total sum for your desire to assist
me.

I will like to know your desire concerning this request, and do respond to
me with the following requested information in other to
include them in the application letter which i shall submite to the bank
for officialy deal with you as my Forign Business Partner and
family money reciever, the information is as bellow.

Ple Do Reply Me With THis Private email address : (stellakovo@ymail.com

Your full name....................................
Your Legal contact info...........................
Your country of origin............................
Your Occupation/Age..............................
Your Tell/Fax...................................

In getting this informations from you and knowing your desire in assisting
me in this project, i will furward you the contact of the
bank where the money has been deposited by my late father Mr Michael Kovo ,
so that you will contact them your self, and request for the
immediate transfer of the fund, the Lodgement Deposited Certificat
Documents wish was issue to my late father when he made the deposit is
with me, and i will like to send it to you for proof that this transaction
is 100% risk free and legal.

Pleas do respond immediately you recieve this mail for more
informationsregarding the transfer.

Please, Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.

Ple Do Reply Me With THis Private email address : (stellakovo@ymail.com

My Best Regards

Mis Stella kovo

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