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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: "Irenne and Umar Koroma" <irenneoye00@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: irenneoyes00@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:46:33 +0000
Subject: From: Irenne and Umar Koroma

From: Irenne and Umar Koroma
E-mail: irenneoyes00@yahoo.com
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.

Dear,MR/MRS
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you .
I am Irenne Koroma, The first dauther of late Mr and Mrs Mohammed Koroma of Sierria Leone and my family comes from the royal lineage. My father was a very wealthy GOLD and COCOA manchant who based in ACCRA GHANA and ABIDJAN respectively, The economic capital of cote D’Ivoire.
He was poisoned to death by his business associate on
one of their business outings.
When my mother died on the 21ST october 1994 , My
father took me and my brother Umar so specail because we were motherless. Before the death of my father on the 22th April 2001 in a private hospital here in Abidjan , He sincerely called me on his bed side and told me that he had a sum of 15.000,000 US DOLLARS (FIFTEEN) MILLION USA DOLLARS)kept in a security company in AFRICA and EUROPE. He also said that the security company does not know the content of the safe Boxes.He also used the name of my brother to Deposit the money as his first son for next of kin. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business assocaites, That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purposes, I want you to assist me in clearing this fund into your account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for an ivestment purpose, such as real estate management. My intrested areas of in!
vestment are; REAL ESTATE,HOTELS, PETROLUM INDUSTRY.
I am honourably seeking for your assistance in the following ways.
(1)To assist me to clear this fund from the security company and transfer to your account successfully.
(2) to provide a bank account into which this money would be transfer to.
(3)To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am a girl of 22yrs and my brother Umar is 20 yrs.
(4) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my Education and to secure a residential permit in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort /input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account.
Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me and my brother as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within 14days,from the day you signify interest to assist me.

Awaiting to hear from you soonest.
Please reach me through the E-mail address above, to enable us discuss the modanities and send you my picture. my private Email irenneoyes00@yahoo.com.
Thanks and God bless you as you for your anticipated
coperation.
Best Regards,
Irenne and Umar Koroma



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