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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: invest1860@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:36:44 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Your=20help=20needed?=

Dear Friend,

My name is Bernard Don Kelly, From Harlsden, North West London, here in
England. I work for Lloyd's Tsb Bank London. I am an account Manager to
highly placed customer with our bank who has a deposit sum of 13,647,235.00
Million GBP which is about $26.5million USA Dollars (Twenty Six million
five hundred thousand USA Dollars) in our bank. He is a former president
to a country (Name Withheld) now standing trier for war crimes in Hague-Holland.
He recently passed a secret message to me that I should get his deposited
fund out of our bank to a trusted investor who will act as his business
partner, because he does not want this money to be discovered and confiscated
by the Interpol which will also complicate his case at the world court.
I am writing this mail because I know it will be of immense benefit to both
of us if you accept to be the business partner to receive the funds.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of
where you live and with the fact that you may be able to help us with receiving
the money from the bank. This is a very sensitivity transaction it demand
total confidentiality within us. I seek your consent to present you as his
business partner and the beneficiary to the fund so that the funds in this
account can be sent to you.

The money will be shared in these percentages, 60% to the owner of the fund,
while 30% is for you and 10% for me. You should not entertain any fear in
this transaction, because some of our bank directors are sympathetic to
his plight. I will make arrangements with a cash courier company to carry
the cash from this country to another country where it will be deposited
in another bank before transferring to your account in your country.

All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust
to enable us concludes this transaction on time. I guarantee you that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law. Please, provide the following, if you are willing
to handle this transaction. On the receipt of your reply, I will send you
a detailed plan of how you will receive this fund in your account.

1. Full Name and address
2. Your direct private mobile telephone number for effective communication

3. Your Brief personal profile

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.

Best regards,
Bernard Don Kelly.
Tel:+44 702 4024969.
Email: donkelly9000@yahoo.co.uk




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