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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: "Engr. Mrs. Stella Scarbonu" <stawlord12@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 04:02:33 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Waiting to hear from you urgently.

Dear Friend,

I hopefully believe that this mail will meet you in good health. My name i s Stella Scarbonu of RJ Chambers & Law Associate; A personal attorney to a late client named Mr. Robert Ballecer, from your country who live and work here in Benin Republic for so many years before his untimely death.Although He left no record of any next of kin or closed relatives. I have made several attempts to locate any of my clients extended relatives, which had proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his Family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my late Client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank. These huge deposits were lodged particularly, with the "BOA" where the deceased had an account valued at about USD$7.5 million dollars (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). The Bank has issued me a final notice to provide my late client’s next of kin/relatives or have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years. Now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you bear the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at USD$7.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can Share the money 50% to you and 50% to me. I will procure all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, but you must also agree not to disclose or pass any information related to this business to any body for security reason and to avoid eye brow, and the way we are going to achieve this I will need the following information from you:

Your Full Name and Address,
Your Age, Occupation and Position,
Your Telephone, Mobile and Fax Number for Communication Purpose.

Waiting to hear from you urgently.

Best Regards,
Barrister Stella Scarbonu.

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