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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: "Godwin Emefiele" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emefiele_drgodwin@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 19:50:56 +0400
Subject: RE:URGENT NOTICE

We officially inform you that today after our last meeting with(UN,CBN,BOA AND IMF) we all agreed to release your long
 
awaiting UNPAID CONTRACT/INHERITANCE funds worth 10.5 million USD without any further delay,So Kindly contact the Zenith Bank
 
Plc for your payment with the below listed information because they are the recommended paying bank on this compensation
 
payment,
 
Full Name..........
Telephone Number...
Age................
Home Address........
 
Bear in mind that we have only Two mode of payment which you are required to choose one,
 
(1) ATM CARD MODE OF PAYMENT.
 
(2) WIRE TRANSFER MODE OF PAYMENT.
 
Finally below is the ZENITH BANK CONTACT INFORMATION;
 
Contact person; DR MARK UBA.
Tele; +234 7051160189
Email;dmark_uba@yahoo.com.ph
 
Regards
 
DR GODWIN EMEFIELE GOVERNOR CB

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