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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: larrymobis@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:55:39 -0800
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal

Attn.: President/CEO
Dear Sir,

Urgent Business Proposal

I am the Manager of Bills and Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department
of the IMB International Bank I am writing to ask for your support and cooperation
to carry out this transaction. We discovered an abandoned sum of $10.2 Million
(Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) in an account that belongs
to one of our Foreign Customers who died along-side his entire family in
November 2002 in a plane crash in Lagos.

Since this development, we have advertised for his Next of Kin or any Close
Relation to come forward to claim this money, but nobody came to apply for
the claim. To this effect, I and two other officials in my department have
decided to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the Next
of Kin to the Deceased and claim this money. We need a foreign partner to
apply for the claim because of the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and we don?t want this money to go into the bank?s treasury as unclaimed
fund.

Every document to effect this process will emanate from my table and I will
perfect every document to be in accordance with the Banking Law and Guidelines,
so you have nothing to worry about.

We have agreed that 30% of the money will be for you, 10% for expenses incurred
on sides while 60% will be for me and my colleagues. If you are going to
help me, indicate by replying this letter and putting in your Bank Particulars,
Private Telephone and Fax Numbers.

I await your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in earnest.
Once I receive your reply, I will send you the text of application for immediate
application of claim.

for security reasons all correspondence to my attorney barrister Patrick
Otta on his email address :patrickotta@lawyer.com
Thanks for your anticipated assistance

Yours faithfully,

Mr Larry Mobis


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