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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: "ibrahim musa" <morganpatrick_9@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibrahim_musa761@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:21:31 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL!

Dear Partner,

I came across your e-mail address on the chambers of commerce and industries
and i felt that you can be of assistance to me.

I want to transfer out $65,000,000.00 (sixty_five Million u s dollars) from
our bank here Nigeria (UNION BANK OF NIGERIAN PLC).

I have the courage to contact you for this important transaction, believing
that you will never let me down either now or in future.

I am Alhaji Ibrahim Musa the auditor and head of computing department of our
bank here in Nigeria,Africa. There is an account opened in this bank in 1995
and since my inception into office in 2001, nobody has operated on this
account again, after going through some old files, I discovered that if i do
not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be
approved to any local bank here in Nigeria, but can only be approved to any
foreign account because the money is u s dollars and the former owner of
the account was John Hughes and he was a foreigner too.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total
amount,60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during this process.

Send me as a matter of urgency for onward processing of the transfer
documents in your favour, Your Private Tele & Fax Numbers, Account Number,
Account Name, Your Bank Name & Address,Your International Passport,Your
Occupation & Date Of Birth.

I await to receive your details, so that we can start the tranfer process.

Sincerely,
Alhaji Ibrahim Musa.
Email (ibrahimmusa761@yahoo.com)
Phone (+234 80 366 00 654)


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