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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: "Mrs.Prisca Stewart" <serykone225@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Prisca Stewart" <mrspriscastewart0001@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 02:30:16 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Mrs.Prisca Stewart,


 Compliments of the day!
 From Mrs.Prisca Stewart,
 112 Bp Koumassi 354 Abidjan Cote d¡¦Ivoire,


I
know that this letter may come to you as surprise, I came across your
email contact from my personal search and I decided to reveal this life
time secret to you as i prayed hard before i sent you this email. I
believe that you will be honest and sincere to fulfill my final wish
before I will die.

 I am Mrs.Prisca Stewart from (kuwait), but
work in (Lhasa) Ivory Coast,West-Africa since eight years ago as a
business woman dealing with gold exportation,I am 58 years old now
suffering from a long time cancer of breast.From all indication my
condition is
really deteriorating, and my doctors have courageously advised me that i
may not live beyond the next One month,this is because the cancer stage
has reached a
critical stage i have only one daughter age of 16 years old.

 My
husband died in a fatal motor accident some years back,since his death i
decided not to re- marry because of my bad health. Before the death of
my husband, he deposited the sum of $4,400,000 million dollar in the
bank here in Ivory Coast,

I want you to assist me in order to
claim the  fund from the bank, the sum of Four Million Four Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars as my husband's foreign business partner,
after you have received the Fund to your account in your country, you
will then adopt my only daughter to your country for continuation of her
education. Keep 30% of the money for yourself for your help to my only
daughter and invest the rest of the money in my daughter's name.I
believe you are in a better position to help me claim the Fund  from the
Bank.

 As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the
contact of the Bank here
in Ivory Coast where the Fund is deposited. Please assure me that you
will act accordingly as I stated here. If you are interested kindly
reply immediately with your full personal information.

 NAME...........................................
 AGE........................................................
 SEX......................................................
 COUNTRY.............................................
 OCCUPATION..........................................
 PHONE NUMBER........................................

 Hope to hear from you soonest.

 Mrs.Prisca Stewart

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