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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: "DR. LEMAN OKOI" <lemanokoi@email.ro> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lemanokoi@excite.com
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:48:10 -0800
Subject: Please Read And Respond

Dr. Leman Okoi
18 cowrie house
Marina - Lagos
Nigeria.

Email: lemanokoi@excite.com

I am Dr. Leman Okoi, member Federal Government Of Nigeria
Contracts Review Panel. Though constrained by inadequate
infromation about you, I am establishing this contact with
you based on the panel's need for an individual/company
who is willing to assist us with a solution to a money
transfer. This amount $27.3m represents the balance of the
total contract value executed on behalf of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by a foreign
contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced
deliberately, of which the actual sum has been paid.

Should you be willing to assist us in the transaction,your
share of the sum will be 25% of the $27.3 million, 65% for
us and 10% for taxation and miscelleneous expenses.

On receipt of your positive disposition towards this course,
I would then bring you into the complete picture of this risk
and hitch free transaction. Endeavor to on receipt of this
mail dispatch your response to my email addresses
lemanokoi@excite.com, as the processing of a Confidential
telephone and fax line solely for this purpose is underway
and details of same would be donated to you as soon as we
secure same.

I await your immediate response and hope you will look
favourably on my proposition.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Leman Okoi
lemanokoi@excite.com








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