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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 Morris Koffi <zenithcompensationhouse@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsstellamorris24@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:34:19 +0100
Subject: Hello


Hello,

Good day and how are you today? I hope you are fine? After going through
your profile, permit me to inform you of my desire of asking you to be a
guardian or foster parent to me and then help me out in what i am about to
tell you.My name is Miss Stella Morris i am,(21yrs ) the only daughter of
Late Mr.Morris Koffi my father was a very wealthy Gold and cocoa merchant
in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte D'Ivoire. He was poisoned to death
by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. My
mother died when I was 8 months old. Before the death of my father in a
private hospital in Abidjan,

He secretly called me by his bedside and told me that he has the sum of
Seven Million Seven hundred thousand United State Dollars ($7.7 Million)
deposited in a fixed deposit with one of the big banks here in Benin
Republic. He told me that he used my name (Miss Stella Morris Koffi) as the
next of Kin in depositing the money.He then strongly advised me not to seek
for assistance of the investment of this money from his lawyer nor any of
his friends.but to seek for a foreign partner from any country of my choice
with enabling conditionals for the release of the fund which areas follows:

1) That I must be 26 years or above.(2) That upon my request for the
release of the fund, there must be evidence of investment intentions
especially outside our country, i contacted you therefore to confirm if you
can absorb me in partnership in your company or possibly advise me on any
investment opportunity in your country.

As soon as I receive your concrete assurance to assist me with my proposal
and also your full contact address/phone number, I will then give the bank
your contact information and then tell them to transfer the money into your
account as i want to come over to your country to stay with you permanently
to further my education as 2nd year medical student. The bank will then
contact you and communicate with you on the transfer. you shall then be
giving me information on when the transfer will be over. I will also send
my pictures to you and I shall also need yours too.

No matter what your decision may turn out to be, please I beg you to keep
this highly secret for my safety, as I believe that those that killed my
father are still after me. Please reply to me as quickly as you get this
mail for more details.

Thanks for your understanding .

Yours Faithfully,
Miss Stella Morris

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