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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: MUJUBAU JOHN <akaraify_0010@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 03:45:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REPLY



FROM: Dr. John Mujubau.
Assurance Bank Of Nigeria.
Plot 421 Nelson Mandela Way,
Asokoro, Abuja,
Nigeria.
Tel : +2348037891289

Greetings Dear friend ,


My name is Dr. John Mujubau and I work with
Assurance Bank Of Nigeria . We had a customer that
had a deposit of US$13.5M (Thirten Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) before he died in a plane crash
with his wife and only Child about 4years now (January 30,2000) and since he died, we in the Bank here have been expecting his/her next
of kin/relative(s) for the inheritance of the deposit, but none has surfaced.

The policy of the Bank however stipulates a limited
time period for such inheritance to be made or the
fund will be written off going by the record of the
incident, the time limit for the claim is closing up.

In this consideration, I am contacting you to seek
for your kind understanding and sincere co-operation to claim
this inheritance for our mutual benefit in view of the fact that you have the same LAST NAME with the deceased customer.

If you can stand as the next of kin in this project,
success is assured because I am in possession of the personal file jacket
of the deceased which contains every needed information
about the account and the deceased and you and I stand
no risk of any kind because I have enough information to
support you in claiming the inheritance. The proceedings of the
transaction will be shared 50% each after expenses are reimbursed.

Kindly indicate your willingness by sending me your
phone number and fax for us to discusse more on this and we shall proceed with
the initial step for the claim. The entire project is
expected to last for about ten working days.

Best Regards,
Dr. John Mujubau.

(N.B):You can also check the website below for details
about the plane crash that claimed the life of the
deceased :http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm






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