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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: "Jude Omor" <judeomor@handbag.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 13:59:08 +0100
Subject: Urgent

Good Day,

with reference made by a volunteer of the charity aid foundation a subsidiary of the United Nation Food program of your esteemed office and personal self. This volunteer visited the Refugee camp in Accra Ghana. Although, I did not disclose my actual intention to him. May I at this point first apologize for this unsolicited mail? Please forgive my indignation if it may have offended you without your prior-consent.

I am JUDE OMOR a sierra-Leonean national presently living in Ghana with my siblings and mother. We are based here in the Accra Refugee camp. My father, the (late John Omor) was a paramount chief in our local. Village. This village was very rich in diamonds, columbium and Tantalum. The latter being a base metal for the production of Tantalite used cell phone and computers. Anyway by virtue of my father's position as a chief, whose administration overseas the collection of royalties on all Mineral lands within his juristration? Sadly however my father was accused of embezzlement and murdered by the rebels during the insurgency in President Paul Koromah's Government.

The family than fled to Ghana and sought shelter at as refugees. My mother showed me documents indicating that my late father has kept an amount of US Dollars 28 Million in a private security company in Ghana. At the moment I and my mother are soliciting your assistance to arrange means for the transfer of the whole amount from Ghana to Overseas, for a viable investment. Your assistance will be of great help to us should you decide to help, because our status dose not permit us to run an account here. You will also be expected to provide us with information on investment opportunities in your country. We are worry of contacting any of my father business partners because we believe that some people had hand in my father's death.

Finally and most important, how will the family be assured that you will act on good faith? Although, we have had very good recommendation of you. I do hope that we shall meet in the near future so that we can demonstrate to you all the necessary documents and you will also keep faith with us to assist my family and me in this venture. Please should you decide to help in this venture kindly let us know what form of assistance you could offer in way of investments and if so what is your stake? I mean in terms of percentage how much you would want to be paid.

Please kindly contact me on the following telephone number;(00233-243374014) Thanks you for your time and we look forward to meet you and establishing a long-term relationship.

I remain.
Yours truly,
Jude Omor (for the family).







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