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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: henlydunga@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 12:06:25 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PLEASES=20I=20NEED=20YOUR=20HELP?=

Dear one,
I sincerely seek your assistance. My name is CECILIA DUNGA. I am the daughter
of late Mr Julius DUNGA and we are indigenes of Sierra Leone bu based in
Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire. Until his death, my father was a very successful
businessman,he deals on international import. He died of a heart failure
in November 2003.

My problem now is that, my late father had some money which he lodged in
a prime bank here in Abidjan ($9.5), his intension was to use this money
for an oversea investment. I want you to help me by claiming this money
from the bank, to your account
as my late father's foreign pertner. I will then come over to your country
for my training and investment. I am willing to offer you 20% of the money
for your help.Please get back to me
for more details
THANKS FROM
CECILIA DUNGA



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