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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: ct2005@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:01:39 +0100
Subject: FROM CHARLES TOURE

FROM CHARLES TOURE

Dear,

I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known
or written before.
I am Charles Toure, 25 years old, I am contacting you on behalf of myself
and my youner sister Elizabeth. We are an orphans.

Nationality: Ivoirians. Our late Father Mr Lawrence Toure was a successful
business-man whom before his untimely death in June 2002, was a Cocoa and
Diamond Merchant based here in Abidjan, Cote d'lvoire.
Both our Father and Mother were poisoned at a party organised by one of
his business associates. Before he died in a private hospital here, my Father
called me and told me that he deposited the sum of US$12.5m (Twelve Million
Five Hundred Thousand American Dollars), in a bank here which he used my
name as next of kin to deposit the funds as the only son.
Due to the problem that have arised in our family between my late Father's
brothers over who should control his wealth and subsquent death in the family,
I have decided with my younger sister to transfer this funds overseas for
future investment after we finish our education.

We want to leave here and come over to your country to live and continue
our studies, because our lives is no longer safe here. We have heard from
a reliable source that they are planing on how to retrieve all the documents
concerning the funds from us, so that they can claim the funds.

Before contacting you, we have spoken with the local bank manager and worked
out modalities on how to transfer the funds to your country.

Please, we humbly seek your assistance in the following ways:

1- To assist us in transferring this fund quietly into your account in your
country.
2- To serve as the guardian of this funds since I am still in the university
and my younger sister is still in the college.

3- To make arrangement for me and my younger sister to come over to your
country to further our education and to help us secure a residential permit
in your country. Moreover, we are willing to offer you any agreed (percentage)
out of the total funds as compensation for your efforts/input after the
successful transfer of this funds into your nominated account overseas,
while some percentage will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incur.

4- Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting us as I believe
that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time.

NB: Please, if you are interested to help us, contact me immediately after
you read this proposal so that I may give you more detailed information
how this transfer could be carried out.

However, I wish to hear from you to know your decision concerning this proposal.
Please reply very urgent.You can reach me with this number +22508039207
Mr Charles Toure


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