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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: =?us-ascii?Q?BarristerAnthony=20Brown?= <BarristerAnthonyBrown@seznam.cz>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:52:15 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?Awaiting=20your=20reply=20soon=2E?=

Dear Sir,

The inspiration to contact you is simply divine providence, I am making this proposition because I have to seek the partnership of a resourceperson to help me realize this project. I Anthony Brown, esq. a solicitor and investment consultant based in COTONOU, ,BENIN REPUBLIC

I was attending a business luncheon in Berlin, Germany and I got introduced to the renowned German businessman and property mogul, Mr.Andreas Schranner (of the blessed memory).He engaged my services as attorney and investment consultant and my primary assignment was to spearhead his investment forays in BENIN REPUBLIC, Three months later I invited him to COTONOU and under my professional guidance and based on my advice he made a fixed deposit of $15.7m at a financial institution .This deposit was for 2years and upon maturity I made effort to contact my client, I could not reach him or any member of his family. I was forced to travel to Germany and there I got the tragic news that on July 25 2000, my client Mr. Andreas schranner, his wife Maria, their daughter Eich and husband Christian and their two children perished in the air France Concorde new York bound flight; Please Click on the below site and find out what happened to the family

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I have made efforts to locate any member of his family since then with strong biological links to my late client without success. The search to find a close relation is one that has consumed time and resources. The institution is asking me to either present a next of kin to late Mr. Andreas Schranner or forfeit the deposit.

My proposal is to package, present you as next of kin to late Mr. Andreas Schranner and process the fixed deposit and transfer custody to you for our mutual benefit. My capacity as solicitor/investment consultant to my late client gives me the discretion to package and transfer the deposit to you. I will give you 40% for your effort, 60% for me it will amount to injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit, and invest it. The late schranner was also a friend in addition to our business relationship. I will wait for your reaction and response and then together we can jumpstart this project and nurture it to reality.

You can send your reply to this email address only: barristerbrown01@zwallet.com

I await your respond

Anthony Brown.

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