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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: "monica mpoyo" <monicampoyo@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 23:34:54 +0200
Subject: FAMILY ASSISTANCE

FROM MRS MONICA MPOYO
85 MONUMENT ROAD
Berea 2198
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: NO. 27-83-66-47-968

ATTN: MD/CEO

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I believe, would be of great interest to you. I found your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist me and my family.

I am MRS MONICA MPOYO the WIFE of MR.MARTINS MPOYO (late) of Zimbabwe. During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, all the white farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers. My husband who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasury of the farmer’s co-operation did not support his
idea and so the party members invaded my husband’s farms and burnt everything in the farm, killed my husband and made away with a lot of items in my husband’s farm.

After the death of my husband, I  decided to move out of Zimbabwe because of our lives were in danger with the money that my husband kept in his hidden safe in our house. The amount contained in the safe in our house is US$25m( Twenty Five Million  US Dollars) and we decided to code the money and move to the Republic of South Africa where we deposited the money in a Security Company as a "VALUABLE ITEMS". So I decided to make contact with an overseas firm whom will assist me to move this money out of South Africa, because we are asylum seekers here in South Africa.


All l want you to do is to make arrangement and come down to Republic of South Africa, Johannesburg, and on your arrival, you will open a non-resident account in one of the commercial banks where the money will be transferred to your account oversea. This will only take two working days and thereafter we all can fly to your country for sharing and investments. I
can not operate a bank account because we are assylum seekers and the Laws of South Africa, does not allow refugees financial rights So if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 20% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out of south Africa and 5% will
be mapped out for expenses both of us may incur during this transaction and 75% will be for me and my family to invest in your country. All I want is for you to furnish me  your  details and your personal phone and fax numbers and your email address for easy communication and more information.

NOTE: That this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely
confidential.

Thanks and God bless you.

Best Regard


MRS. MONICA MPOYO
(For The Family)

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