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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: "Adufe Tayo" <info@adufe-tayo.com>
Reply-To: adufe11office@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 02:07:19 +0000
Subject: OVER DUE INHERITANCE

FROM THE DESK OF:ADUFETAYO
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMMITANCE/FOREIGN OPERATIONS:
Co Registration No: 62/00738/06
ATTENTION
OVER DUE INHERITANCE
THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITTANCE FUNDS
WITH THIS BANK HAS BEEN GAZZETED TO BE RELEASED, VIA KEY
TELEX TRANSFER (KTT ) - DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER TO
YOU.MEANWHILE,A WOMAN BY
NAME JANET WHITE, CAME TO MY OFFICE THIS MORNING WITH A
LETTER,CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE.HER BANK
NAME: CITI BANK ARIZONA, USA. AND ACCOUNT
Number:6503809428.
PLEASE,DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE,AS A MATTER OF URGENCY,
YOUR :
1) FULL NAMES,
2) BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS WERE YOUR FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERED
TO, 3) DIRECT TELEPHONE / FAX NUMBER FOR EASY
COMMUNICATION, AND SPEEDY TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND WITHOUT ANY
DELAY.3) YOUR PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH FOR IDENTIFICATION THE
EXECUTIVE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE APPROVED AND
ACCREDITED THIS REPUTABLE BANK WITH THE OFFICE OF THE
DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE/FOREIGN OPERATIONS,TO
HANDLE AND TRANSFER ALL FOREIGN INHERITTANCE FUNDS THIS
FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR BANKING SEASON.
HOWEVER,WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENTS DETAILS TO
THE SAID MRS.WHITE,IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU
IMMIDIATELY.CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.
YOURS SINCERELY,
ADUFE TAYO
DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE /
FOREIGN OPERATIONS.
Contact me whit my private email address for urgent proccessing;
adufe11office@yahoo.com



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