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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: mariam musa <iibrahim_musa@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:02:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From : Princess mariam Ibrahim Musa.


From : Princess mariam Ibrahim Musa.
hotel VERONICA GUEST HOUSE
04 bp 3060 abidjan 04
Tel 00225 07001145
Rue ALFRED NOBEL

Dear : Sir,

I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously. I am asking for your assistance to lead me to the right channel towards to be out of the critical situation i am now I got your contact from a computerize data following the deep feeling i develope on you after my 3 days fasting and prayer for God to give me a trustwhardy person who can allow and lead me to the right channel as a daughter, Sister, and cussion. I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity.I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. well,

I am mariam Musa I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but do consider it as an emmergeny. In Nutshell, My late father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal.When my mother died, my father took me special because iam motherless.Before the death of my father in a private hospital here in Abidjan,He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of Eleveen Million United States Dollars (USD$11M)Only deposited in a bank here on his name.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice who can assist me in claiming this fund from the bank for investment purposes, (such as real estate management).

but because of the present political problems in this country Cote d'ivoire I want to transfer the money out of the country as I don't know what might happen next.
I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following way.

1.) To act as the foreign partner of my late father by claiming this fund from the bank for further transfer and investment to your designated bank account abroad.Moreover , I are willing to offer you 15% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designated account in your country overseas.

Attached is my personal picture. I will send you all the evidence/proof of deposit once I hear from you. Conclusively, I wish you very best of new year and God bless you. Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks Princess mariam Ibrahim Musa.




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