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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: "MALLAM L .J MORGAJI" <lj_nlngc1946@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lj_nlngco@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:43:57 +0100
Subject:

DEAR PROPOSED PARTNER,
I AM MALLAM LARRY JOHNSON MORGAJI ,THE PROJECT MANAGER OF NIGERIA LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS CORPORATION.
IN OCTOBER,2002, A CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN MY CORPORATION TO A FOREIGN COMPANY FOR THE SUPPLY/ERECTION OF BPSD 500,000 TURBINE FLOW AXEL, 200,000 MONAX AXEL AND SUPER PROPYLENE PLANT TO THE TUNE OF US$25,000,000(TWENTY-FIVE MILLION UNITED STATED DOLLARS) UNDER MY SUPERVISION WHICH WAS OVER-INVOICED BY $10,000,000(TEN MILLION UNITED STATED DOLLARS) THROUGH MY CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTATION.THE FOREIGN CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN DULY PAID THE CONTRACT AMOUNT RECENTLY WHILE THE SAID US$10M IS STILL FLOATING IN SUNDRY ACCOUNT OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA AWAITING CLAIM.
HOWEVER, AFTER GOING THROUGH YOUR COMPANY-PROFILE I DECIDED TO USE YOU AS A FRONT TO PULL THE FUND BEFORE THE DEAL WILL BE NOTICED BY THE APEX BANK .
THEREFORE,IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PULLING THIS FUND WITH ME INTO YOUR LOCAL BANK ACCOUNT FOR BOTH OF US TO SHARE 50:50 ,PLEASE GET BACK TO ME THROUGH MY EMAIL ADDRESS AS FOLLOWS: lj_nlngco@yahoo.com TEL#:+234-803-356-7295 AND BE REST ASSURED THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS RISK FREE .
BEST REGARDS,
MALLAM LARRY JOHNSON MORGAJI
PROJECT MANAGER,NLNGCO.




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