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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: David Beatie <bme245q@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:48:00 -0500 (EST)
Subject:

>From Desk of Barrister David Beatie.
65 Military Rd, Madina, First Floor
Suite 9,Accra-Ghana.
Telephone: +233-570-460-995
E-mail: davidbeatie1959@hotmail.com

Dear Friend,

Compliments!. Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this
transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly
confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring
you that all will be well.

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Barrister David Beatie,
a
personal attorney to Late Andrew Owuso, herein referred to as
my late client. This email might come as a surprise to you, since there
was no previous correspondence between us. My purpose of contacting you
is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my late client, to
avoid it being confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank in
Ghana where this fund valued $16,100,000.00 (Sixteen Million One
hundred thousand Dollars) was deposited by my client before his death.


The Bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the
account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the
Bank treasury, So far all my efforts to get hold of someone related to
him has proved abortive. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for some years now, I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin to the deceased.

I shall provide all the documents to back up the claim as my client's
Next of Kin. All I require is your honest,full cooperation and
commitments to enable us achieve this transaction.I wish to point out
that I want 10% of this money to be shared among charity
Organizations, while the remaining 90% would be shared equally between
us. This transaction is 100% risk free. I guarantee that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement which will protect you from any
breach of the law.

Upon receipt of this letter, you are require to forward to me your full
details such as:

1. Name in Full-------------
2. Address-------------------------
3. Sex----------------------
4. Nationality/Religion------------
5. Marital Status----------
6. Age-----------------------------
7. Occupation----------------------
8. Phone Number---------------
9. Present Country------------------

I have worked out the modalities for the persecution of this
transaction which had meets all necessary requirements in our country
and those of international arbitration.


Warm regards,
Barrister David Beatie.
Email: davidbeatie1959@hotmail.com
Tel: +233-570-460-995


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