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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: amk_48y@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:39:04 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?SALAM?=

I am Mrs Awatif Al-kamil woman bassed in bagdad in iraq,i got your contact
from a friend of mine one time resident in your country,it is with that
i wish to contact you for a little assistance you can render to me. Due
to the situation here in iraq,those of us in the business circle are finding
it very difficult to cope with the situation here,no stable goverment,bomb
explotion at strategic places every now and then,sometimes people find it
very difficult to go about their normal businesses due to fear of being
victim of terrorist attack,above all.the crisis in iraq now has made business
activities totaly parallised for quite sometime now.for intance,no good
telephone facilities,no adiquate security,infact,all most all the basic
infrastructure were destroyed during the recent election in iraq,ever since
then .the enveroment in iraq has never been condusive business wise. Please,why
i need your assistance is that i have about (us$ 40.000.000)fourty million
united states Dollars in my custody.i inherited the money from late my husband
who was a major general in iraqi army in charge of purchase and maintainance
in the immediate past regime. My intention is to move the money out of iraq
and invest the money in stock market or real estate in your country with
the help of an honest person who will work with me as my foreign associate,
i want to invest most of the money abroad to avoid lossing the money, because
it is not wise doing business in the atmosphere of fear here in iraq,that's
why i am calling on you. If you can honestly collaborate with me ,i am ready
to pay you up to 20% of the total amount if you can sincerely assist me
to actualise this project soon,because the situation here in iraq is very
critical,the everyday bomb explotion seems to have no end. I wait patiently
for your urgent response.
Best regards: Awatif mohamed AL-kamil






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