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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: rita_george@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:00:57 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Greetings=2E?=


Greetings.

My name is Rita George the eldest dauther of Rtd General Jeremaiah George,
who was the estwhile external affair minister of Liberia,I am contacting
you in a benevolent spirit; utmost confidence and trust to enable us provide
a solution to a money transfer of $14.2M that is presently putting my entire
family into great disarray.my father was the External Affairs Minister in
the Government of the Liberia rebel leader . At the mid term of the rebellion
which is still on till date, my father thinking fast decided to send my
younger brother and I out of Liberia because the fate of our country was
yet to be decided. My brother and I left Liberia for Cote D' Ivoire with
a total sum of US$14.2M(Fourthen Million Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars),
sealed in a diplomatic baggage meant for the purchase of arms from Cote
D' Ivoire and europe. On arrival in Cote D' Ivoire because we are political
asylum seekers, we were not allowed to operate a bank account. So with the
instruction
of my father, I deposited the money with a security company. Though I did
not reveal the content of the baggage to the security company nor did I
declare the actual content to them, because we wanted to be on a safer side.
I told them that the baggage belongs to my foreign affiliate who is the
beneficiary of the item. Unfortunately, because of my father's political
position and influence he was assassinated. Since then, we have been looking
for a reliable and trustworthy person to help us transfer this money into
a foreign account overseas prior to investment in that country or any other
conducive country overseas. But it has to be less tax demanding country.
Luckily I ran into your address and other details and decided to contact
you and see if you can be of any help to us. We intend to share this money
(US$14.2Million) as follows: 1. 15% of the total sum goes to you if you
assist us in transferring this money successfully into any of your overseas
account.
2. 5% if the total sum will be set aside to offset all bills and expenses
incurred in the process of this transaction. 3. 80% of the total sum will
be for my brother and I for investment in any country of which you will
be a guide to us. Please note that this transaction is 100% risk free on
your side, as we have concluded all modalities to aid
this transfer. Should this meet your utmost consideration, please give me
your earliest reply through MY E-MAIL ADDRESS above. Be kind to provide
me with your communication facilities for hitch-free and confidential link.
Feel free to ask questions you consider necessary in this transaction. The
confidentiality in this transaction cannot be over emphasized as I trust
and believe that you will oblige us the needed
security and attention it demands. Please treat this transaction with absolute
confidentiality.
Respectfully summited.

Rita George





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