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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: "georgeraphael_22@hotmail.com" <george_raphael@terra.com.mx>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:15:21 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION/

ATTENTION/Director/C.E.O.

I know you will be surprised to read from me, but please this letter is
a Request from a family in dire of assistance. I am GEORGE RAPHAEL, from
Angola.
I Am the first and the only son of the late Brigadier Antonio Raphael. I
am presently Residing in South Africa. I got your contact address from a
reliable friend during the just concluded Business exhibition in South Africa.
And i on behalf of my widowed mother,(Monica Raphael) . Decided to solicit
for your assistance to transfer the sum USD 18.5 Million inherited from
my late father into your personal/company account.More so i would like to
invest this money into your line of business knowing fully Well that you
are trustworthy and reliable. Before his death he was a brigadier In charge
of arms and ammunitions procurement for the Angola arm. In his "WILL", he
specifically drown my attention to USD 18.5 million, which he Deposited
in a safe box on private security company in South Africa.


INFACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS WILL AND I QUOTE: "

My beloved son, i wish to draw Your attention to USD 18.5M (Eighteen million,
Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) I deposited the box containing
this fund in a private security Company in South Africa. During the war
i was very dedicated and committed to Inning the war against the rebels
unfortunately when i found out that senior Army officers and government
functionaries were busy helping themselves with Government funds and properties
and sending to foreign countries. Due to this,When i and the former, special
Adviser to the president were assigned, by the President (JOSE EDUARDO DOS
SANTOS) to purchase arms in South Africa, we saw This as a golden opportunity
and diverted the money and shared it and i got a Total sum of USD 18.5m.
In case of my absence on earth as a result of death Only, you should solicit
for assistance of a reliable and sincere foreign Partner to assist you to
transfer this money out of South Africa for investment Purpose. i deposited
the box in your name and you can claim it alone with the Deposit code. Your
mother with all the documents. Take good care of your mother And your three
sisters. Bye. From these words of my father, you will understand that the
lives and future of My family depend on this money, as such, i will be grateful
if you can assist us. We are now living in South Africa as political asylum
seekers and the Financial laws and regulations of Republic of South Africa
do not permit us to Invest this fund, hence i am asking you to assist me
transfer this fund out of South Africa for investment purposes. Finally,
modalities on how the transfer will be done and will be conveyed into your
account once we have successfully transferred please treat us urgent and
confidential.

My regards to you.
Yours sincerely
GEORGE RAPHAEL



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