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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: mariam31@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:22:46 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ASAP=2E?=

Dear Sir/Madam, Alternative email: m_odiaka@tiscali.it

This letter may come to you as a surprise. I am the wife of the late head
of state of Nigeria General Sani
Abacha, my late husband left huge amount of money in my custody before he
died. I am soliciting for your assistance to enable me move this fund out
of where is being deposited, my main problem now is that the government
is sezing his asset and after us, the entire family. what I need from
you is to help me claim $20m usd deposited in a bank account abroad. The
name of the bank and contact person in the bank will be giving to you for
more inquires, which will necessitate the release of the money into your
account.

You are to keep the fund in your account till you and I finalize on how
to meet. I intend that if you accept my offer you will be given 30% of the
total money after claim. If you accept this, and willing to assist me, please
be advise to contact my personal lawyer on this email: m_odiaka@tiscali.it
to up date you with all the details you may need as regards to the fund
and how to go about it. The name of the bank and other details will be
giving to you for onward processing of the fund, I will give you all the
necessary back up relating to the claim of this fund through my lawyer.
Due to the coplexity of this transaction I will prefer we work out a
way for communicating each other.

I will be waiting to hear from you soon

Regards.

Hajia Mariam Abacha





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