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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: Bridggie Williams <bridggiewill@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:24:56 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Thanks From Mrs Bridggie Williams


My Dear,

Thanks for your reply, l have gone through your message with happiness over your reply toward this business, all l need from you is yes that you can handle the money and fulfil my heart desire, kindly assure me of your willingness, right now l am still in the hospital even the Doctor have warned me to stop communication because of my ill-health but l cannot without fufiling my heart desire.

i got married at the age of 27, at that time my husband is a teacher at high school in manilla Philipino, three years later he was apointed to work at embassy and after six month he was transfered to Philipino embassy in Cote d'ivoire and we both live in cote d'ivoire for nine years without any child, my husband relatives are so worried over my barreness, they blackmail me and say so many evil about me but my husband love me so much that he promise me that he can never mary another woman, but he was poisoned by unkown friend. my husband relatives have tried all their possible best to eliminate me but i am very careful in where i am going and what i do. some years later i fall sick that almost got me paralised because of my cancer sickness and stroak, i am helpless at the hospital and no body is thinking about me or visite me, that is why decided to contact you and hand this money over to you and make you my personal friend also.

The funds is deposited with security company here in lvory coast, due to my present situation and status l cannot come together with you to the security company for the clereance and claims. l will discuss with the security company director whom you will contact and arrange on how to deliever the fund to you, with the trust and confident confided in your person, l will not like another ear to hear of the transaction. you should promise me this before we move further as l will like you to take full control of the business, both in safeguarding the money and lnvesting it judiciously. please do not forget my main objective of entrusting the fund to you.

Send me your full contact address, your private phone and fax, so that i will introduce you to the director of the security company there you will finalise with him on more arrangement, you are advise to keep information of this business confidential. all your discussion should be between you, l and the director of the security company because here in lvory coast, my relatives are seriously praying for my death to take over my late husbands wealth.

l am looking forward to hear from you so that i will send to you the contact of the security company l hope to hear from you. reply through this email address.

Best Regards.

Mrs Briggie Williams.




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