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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: "KUDJO ANNAN" <kudjoannan3@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:08:43 +0100
Subject: IRAQI'S OIL-FOR-FOOD FALLOUT (PROPOSITION)

Dear Sir,
Complement of the season to you, My name is Kudjo ANNAN the frist son of the UN Secretary General, as you must have known by now I was involved in the Iraqi Oil-for-Food program that was been administered by the United Nation.
Right now, if you monitor the international news agencies you would see that I, and my father are under investigations and we can not spend any of these money that we got from that deal.
The then Iraqi president personally gave me oil allocations amounting to 8,500,000.00 USD. This money is now under threat, because of the UN Investigations I would greatly appreciate it if you could help take up the ownership of this fund.
Once I receive your consent to help in this deal I would immediately instruct my bankers to effect a direct bank to bank transfer of this fund to your account. A handsome reward awaits you.
Pls. Reply to this email: kudjoannan@yahoo.com <mailto:kudjoannan@yahoo.com>
Regards
KUDJO ANNAN



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