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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: paul_osagie1234@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:22:47 -0800
Subject: From: DR PAUL OSAGIE.

From: DR PAUL OSAGIE.
Bills & Exchange Manager
FIRST NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
23 CREEK ROAD APAPA LAGOS.
NIGERIA
EMAIL: drosagie@netscape.net
sir/madam
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money
from a deceased account. 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 at
the end of the day. We decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction. PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of (Twenty million United states Dollars)
in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along
with his entire family. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations
has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. We cannot
release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as
the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines. Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you
stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully
worked out by us for the funds (Twenty Million United states Dollars) to
be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may interest
you to note that we have secured from the probate an order of madamus to
locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this
message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me
with the following; 1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made. We shall be compensating you with 3 Million Dollars on final conclusion
of this project, while the rest shall be for us. Your share stays with you
while the rest shall be for us for investment purposes in your country.
If this
proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust
we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent email.
Please reply to my EMAIL: drosagie@netscape.net
Regards,
DR PAUL OSAGIE.




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