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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: "Mr. Seif Zilk" <seifzilk1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 18:04:28 +0000
Subject: A beneficial proposal for you

Hello My Dear,

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honour against your will.

I am Mr. Seif Zilk Lome Togo, and work with one of the leading banks in the
West Africa. Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 5
years which belongs to an American national, late Mr. Morris Thompson who
died on Alaska Airlines Flight 261 with his family (his wife and their only
daughter).

For more details about the deceased, you can check on these websites.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

When I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this
account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation
and discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late
person is aware of this account. This is the story in a nutshell.

Now I want an account overseas where the bank will transfer this funds.
Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all related documents for this account.
It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked out
everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The total amount in this
account at the moment plus the accumulated interest stands at-(US$9.5million
US dollars).

Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor/Finance this transfer.

Finally, it is my humble prayer that the information as contained herein be
accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it
deserves.

Please consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Call me on this
direct line :- (+228 946 1468), after sending a mail to this email account,
seif.zilk1@fastermail.com for confirmation. I also demand your private
Telephone and Fax numbers for faster communication.

Respectfully yours,
Mr.Seif Zilk.

Tel: +228 946 1468
E-mail: seif.zilk1@fastermail.com

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