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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: Bukar Abba_Gana <abba17@email.ro>
Reply-To: abba_dgm@personal.ro
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 06:31:17 +0200
Subject: I am waiting to hear from you



From_the desk of Dr.Bukar Abba-gana
Global Finance & Securities Ltd
1,Al-sabir Complex,I st Floor,
New Maadi Cairo, Egypt
Personal Email:abba_gng@personal.ro
Phone:00871763591420

Hello,

I am Dr.Bukar Abba-gana,the Managing Director of Global
Finance & Securities Ltd.I am essentially a unit fund
manager and largely involved in stock brokerage and
portfolio management.On the 24th October,2004,I received
a telephone call from the Palestine leader Yasser Arafat
to dispose his portfolio(shares) in Egypt companies
worth Eight Five Million,Five Hundred Thousand,One
Hundred and Twenty-Two Dollars Fifty five Cents
($85,500,122.55) and have the money remmitted to
an account he was meant to provide but was unable
to do so in the event of his sudden bed ridden.
Expectedly,I disposed of the shares by right offering
and I have been informed by my receiving bank that
the exact amount has been received but I cannot wire
the fund to it's designated account primarily because
I am yet to receive information to that effect and more
importantly beacuse Mr.Yassar Arafat himself was said
to be gravely ill which eventually lead to his death.
since then,I have sent repeatedly email messages to his
forwarding address but have not received any reply even an acknowlegement for
my numerous mails.However,I was
stunned to discover that Mr.Arafat is involved in reckless
spending and misappopriation of state funds to his
selfish desire.You will be surprised to hear that
this man stached several millions of dollars in foreign
banks with neither proper accountability nor a WILL
in the event of his demise.

I am using this medium to solicit for your assistance
in transferring this money.Mine is an Islamic country,
there is restrictions on huge transaction as this.In
other not to violate money laundry regulations,I will
take care of moving the fund to Europe.I have contacted
a financial consultant in Europe who is an expert in receiving
huge funds and lodging them into the banking system
without violating money laundry regulations.He was
introduced to me my a diplomat friend.Based on
this you are to assist in transferring the funds to
your own personal accounts from where we shall re-invest
the funds in a business . If you are willing to assist you
will have 20% of the initial sum and a further 20% of
whatever investment we go into. How about this offer?

I do not need to spell out the importance for the need
of secrecy, considering the nature of the matter and
the party involved. if you are willing to
assist you are to list your phone and fax number so I
can contact you from a secured phone. This is
important, as we will have to talk about the
modalities of the transfer.

Time is of great essence in this matter so if I do not
hear from your within the next few days I will take it
that you are not interested and will solicit for a new
partner.Meanwhile send your response to abba_gng@personal.ro

Waiting to hear from you.

Dr.Bukar Abba-gana

PS: For your perusal see this website.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/15/world/main518788.shtml
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Middle-East-Conflict/Fears-Arafat-millions-could-
quietly-vanish/2004/11/09/1099781393952.html



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