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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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Fraud email example:

From: johnemma@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 06:10:28 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR=20ASSISTANCE=20NEEDED?=

DEAR, Friend


RE: TRANSFER OF USD21, 500,000.00(TWENTY-ONE MILLION,FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS ONLY TO A SAFE ACCOUNT I

I am extending this proposal to you in my capacity as Chief
Accountant and in full agreement with the Audio-General of
this company (Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas). We
scrutinized all records and accounts of Awarded and
executed contracts of this company (NLNG) during the
previous military regimes since we inception of democracy
in Nigeria and carefully uncovered and mapped out a
whopping sum of USD21.5M which we want to transfer into
your account as the beneficiary.

It might interest you to know that Nigeria Liquefied
Natural Gas came into full working capacity during the
inception of current civilian dispensation at a
working/asset capacity of USD3Billion and will defiantly
gulp more USD2Billion on the completion of the fifth part.
You can authentically apply for supply if it interest you
to be our client with full guarantee from me.
The money USD21.5M has been approved for payment by this
company NLNG, Federal ministry of Finance (endorsed by the
Accountant General of the Federation) and to be paid by the
Apex of Nigeria under contract number
NLNG/FGN/FMF/CBN/C987/01.
As top civil servant, we are not authorized to operate
foreign bank account hence our decision to use your account
on full trust and confidence to transfer this money outside
Nigeria. We have accepted you as our foreign partner and
will regularize the approvals to reflect you as the true
beneficiary of the contract Sum USD21.5M (Twenty-one
million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars Only).
More over, it is pertinent to note that it is not risk and
dose not required much engagements since we have taken care
of the deal in full capacity. We have resolved to give you
25% of the total sum for your assistance.

If you are interested in this deal, Strictly contact us
through the above email address for
more lively informations.
I am anxiously waiting for your response with hope that you
understand the confidential nature of this transfer.

Yours faithfully,

Dr,john Emma





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