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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: kate jober <katejober23@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 12:41:07 +0100 (BST)
Subject: HUMBLE REQUEST


SISTER KATE JOBER &
MR.SAMUEL JOBER
JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA.
PHONE:27-729357120.
E-MAIL:katejober23@yahoo.co.in

HUMBLE REQUEST
ATTN: SIR/MADAM
First I will introduce my self to you I am sister KATE JOBER, the first daughter of Late Lufuno Williams JOBER. I am a citizen of Swaziland. My father was the managing director of Lufuno Aluminium Company in Swaziland but very unfortunately he died in the year 2001 after a protracted illness.
Due to poor management of the company in my country and for the fact that I am so dedicated to church activities, I realized that I will be unable to manage the company and so soon it may wind up . I also realized that I am too young to manage a large company of that type and most of the directors have already began to divert the net profit being generated from the company, I therefore arranged with my father's lawyer and sold the entire company to Mr. Alan Foster from Poland at the price of US$14,600,000 (Fourtheen Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars.

Due to constant pressure from some of my relatives and also fear of likely attack on my family to hijack the fund, I arranged with my mother to transfer the fund into a security company in Johannesburg, South Africa where we are currently living now with two of my younger ones.
However, I am into pastorial activities now and I have most of my time dedicated to church activities. At the moment, we want to transfer the fund to oversea country for investment because there is no good investment atmosphere here in South Africa.
We therefore need your assistance to enable us transfer the fund into your private/company's account over there so that we can relocate to plan for the investment of the fund through your personal assistance.
We mostly need your assistance in investing the fund because I have little experience of investment/management of the fund. It is also my plan that after the successful transfer of the fund into your account there, I will first relocate my mother and two of my younger ones to stay with you while I will first travel to United States of America to complete my theological school.What we mostly need from you is honest and sincerity because this fund is my life and also the life of my family. If you can assist us in this transaction, We have agree to offer you 20% of the total fund,10%will be for expenses that both parties may incure during the procees of transfering the fund, while 70% will remain in your account for 2 years to enable me complete my school and then join my other relatives to plan for our family investments.

Please, be assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, but you must keep it confidential. If you can assist us,kindly send me an urgent mail with this above email address to indicate your
interest. I await for your soonest response
Best Regards,
SISTER KATE JOBER &
MR.SAMUEL JOBER [FOR THE FAMILY]




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