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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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Fraud email example:

From: "ebube dike emede" <ebubedike@todito.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:19:36 +0000
Subject: Request for business relationship

Request for business relationship


To whom it may concern

My name is Mr.Ebube Dike, the manager credit and foreign bills of Ecobank
of Nigeria.I am writing in respect of foreign customer of my bank with account
number 14-255-2004/utb/t who died in a plane crash (Ethiopian airline 961)
with other passengers abroad.

Since the death of this customer, I personally have watched with keen interest
to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to
claim his funds of us$15.5m (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) which has been with my bank for a very long time. On this
note I decided to seek for whose name shall be used as the next of kin as
no one has come up to be the next of kin.

In view of this I got your contact through my country?s foreign trade mission
after I was convinced by providence that your name could be used as the
next of kin. The request of the foreigner as a next of kin in this business
is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Nigerian
cannot stand as the next of kin to a foreigner.

I agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner inrespect
of providing a new bank account or we can use your old accountinformation,
while the rest will be for me, thereafter, I will visit your country for
disbursement as I am almost due for retirement.


Therefore, to facilitate the immediate transfer of this fund to your account
as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as a relation to the deceased
indicating your private telephone number, and fax number for easy communication
and location where the money will be remitted. Upon the receipt of your
reply, I will send you by fax or e-mail the application and the next step
to take.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch-free
and that you should not entertain any fear as the whole required arrangement
has been made for the transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon
as you receive this letter.

Trusting to hear from you.

Your respectfully,

Mr. Ebube Dike.




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