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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: assanecristophe@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:14:37 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?cristophe?=

Good Day,
I am writing to you because i have an important business proposal for you,
I am assane cristophe working here in a bank in Abidjan Ivory Coast (Africa)
and
i discovered that my bank is about diverting some fund since the said fund
is abandoned and according to the bank rules ,abandoned fund after five
years have to be diverted into the bank treasury.

The said fund belonged to our bank customer who died in a plane crash along
with his entire family and since then nobody has claimed the fund.
I need your assistance by claiming the fund as business associate to the
deceased,then i will back up your claim here in the bank in order for the
bank to approve then transfer the fund into your nominated account.

After confirmation of the fund transfer into your account,i will take the
next available flight to meet you in your country,the total fund is $18,500,000.00
and i am offering you 30%.

Cordially,
cristophe



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