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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: abraham_joseph3@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:52:51 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONFIDENTIAL=20ASSTATANCE?=

HELLO,
First, i must solicit your confidence in this project, this is by virtue
of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENCIAL and TOP SECRET. though i know
that a project of this magnitude will make anyone Apprehensive and worried
bit i am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day, we have
decied to contact you through your box due to the urgency of this project.
let me start by first introducing myself properly to you, i am (MR JOSEPH
ABRAHAM (CERDIT OFFICER) with the ECOBANK plc. i came to know of you in
my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this confidencial
project, which requires maxmum confidence.

THE PROPOSITION:
A foreigner, (late sheu yuan-dong an oil Merchant/contractor with the ghanaian
government until his Death on February 16th, 1998 why on board A china Airlines
A- 300 jetliner with his wife returning from bali with 197 people on board
crashed skidded into a residential area and burst into flames just short
of a runway at taipei"s airport. Banked with us here at " ECOBANK" plc and
had a fixed deposit balance of ($ 30,000, 000.00) THIRTY MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS which the bank now expects a next of kin to claim as beneficiary,
valuable efforts are being made by the "ECOBANK" plc to get in touch with
any of the sheu"s family or relatives but to no success.

It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any
of late sheu yuan- dong next of kin ( He had no children that is known to
us), the management under the influence of our chairman and members of the
board of Directors are making arrangement for the funds to be declared "UNCLAIMED"
then will be lost to the federal government or subseqently is used for Arm
/ Ammunition to further enhance the course of war in West Africa.

In order to avert this negative development, some of my colleagues and I
now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to late sheu
Yuan - dong so that the funds US $30M would be relaased and paid into your
account as beneficiary next of kin.

ALL documents / proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully Worked
out and we have secured from the porbate an order of mandamus to locate
any of deceased beneficiary, more so we are assuring you this project is
100% risk free involement. Your share stays while the rest would be for
my colleagues and I for investment purposes, according to acknowledgement
of this message in acceptance of this project, we will furnish you with
the necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suite both parties without
any conflict.

IF this project is acceptable by you do not make undue advantage of the
trust we have bestowed on you, then kindly get to me immediately and indicate
your direct telephone contacts. you can contact me also through this email
jos_ab132004@yahoo.com

Yours faithfully,

MR JOSEPH ABRAHAM





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