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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: Dudu Annia <duduannia555@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 13:24:01 +0200
Subject: URGENT RREPLY NEEDED



*NO: 12 MANDELA CLOSE.SONTON JOHANNESBURG.SOUTH-AFRICA.*
*PHONE+27 83 868 2526 <%2B27%2083%20868%202526>*

ATT:

I write to you irrespective of the fact that you don't know me. I got your
email contact from your country business directory and through a reliable
source. First, I must introduce myself, My Name is *Dudu Annia*, and I am a
retired *banker* of one of the leading banks in *South Africa*.
I do not want problems but I just hope you can assist me, I write you this
letter in good faith, I have a transaction of fourteen million seven
hundred thousand dollar*($14,700,000).*

I realized this fund from *bank* excess profit after trading with the
capital sum and I deposited the funds in escrow call *account*. Where
nobody will have access to it, the owner of this account is *Mr. Morris
Thompson* an American, and he died *since 2000* in an air crash along with
his wife & Daughter on *31/01/2000* in an Alaska Airlines Flight 261 with
other passengers on board. Even the bank does not have access to this
account because it is in escrow account, until after the transfer.
Finally I did not declare this fund to the bank before my retirement. I am
contacting you, to stand as the *beneficiary/owner* of this money because
only a foreigner can stand as the beneficiary. Can I trust you to hold this
money for me until I come over to your country? After the transfer, I will
give you 30% of the money as your commission.
If you accept my offer, but if you do not accept this offer kindly forget
that I contacted you, all I need is for you to get a good current account
where this fund can be transferred into and for you to stand as the
beneficiary of the said amount, within three days the funds will be
transferred to your designated *bank account.*
There are practically no risks involved, it will be a *bank-to bank* transfer.
I hope you understand my situation, please if you are interested kindly
forward to me the following information below






*(1) Your direct telephone number (2) Your direct fax number (3) Your Full
Names (4) Your age(5) Your Country of Origin(6) Your Residential Address*

And I will send you all the detailed information and documents that you
will need to process an application for the claims of the funds.


*RegardsMr. Dudu Annia.PHONE+27 83 868 2526 <%2B27%2083%20868%202526>*

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