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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: kayodenj@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:39:39 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FUND=20TRANSFER=2E?=

OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
ASO-ROCK VILLA, GARKI ABUJA, FCT

ATTENTION: MY GOOD FRIEND,

RE: REQUEST TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $15,000,000.00 INTO
YOUR PRIVATE/COMPANIES ACCOUNT

I approach you most honorably today for a mutual
business transaction. I am Dr. Kayode Naiyeju, the
Accountant -General of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. I have been given the opportunity to be
appointed the Accountant-General after several years
of active service.

Now by virtue of my present office and position, it is
an opportunity for me to have a share of the huge oil
money which many top military personnel of the past
regimes had used my predecessors in the past to
achieve their personal interest without any benefit
towards them.

Following this development, I now have an accord with
a top officer of the Finance Ministry to remit the sum
of US $15, 000,000.00 (Fifteen Million United State
Dollars) to your nominated account, hence we as Civil
Servants do not have the right to acquire foreign
account while in service. I therefore request you to
kindly allocate any account of your choice with all
necessary particulars to enable me to forward it to
the Central Bank of Nigeria for onward release of fund
transfer approvals in your favor, we have ten working
days to conclude this deal on commencement, and I
shall join you at the account base for sharing and
further discussion on my investment plan in your
country.

We shall negotiate your percentage share on reply of
this mail for your anticipated contribution in making
this transaction a success. Do not hesitate to comment
where you do not understand.

ON SECURITY:

To ensure maximum security all correspondences shall
be by E-mail and strictly confidential.

Please protect my position in my country by keeping
everything secret until funds in question leave our
foreign reserve account.

Finally I assure you of a 100% thorough, risk free,
and hitch free transaction.

CONFIRM YOUR INTERET BY IMMEDIATE RESPONSE BY SENDIND
ME AN EMAIL TO kayodenyj@hotmail.com

YOURS FAITHFULLY
DR KAYODE NAIYEJU



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