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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: james bongani <jwv_x2y4@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:44:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM JAMES BONGANI.


James Bongani
Abidjan Cote D'ivore
West Africa.

Dearest one,
we are contacting you based on the information we gathered about your person in this site . I am James Bongani. with my younger sister joy . we are in possession of a large sum of( $8.500,000) ( eight million five hundred thounsand u s dollars.) in cash which we want to invest in your country under your care.
This money was inherited from our late father mr Maxwel Bongani who was the Chief director of Sierra Leone Gold & diamond Mining Corporation during our 8 years civil War when Major Johnny Paul Koromah was the country's president. This money is of no
criminal origin as it was largely realized from black market sale of alluvial gold dust during the war.
This money has been moved and lodged into a security & finance corporation in Abidjan Ivory Coast through diplomatic channels in one trunk box tagged family valuables for security reasons. we now want to move this money abroad and invest it in profitable
ventures, as the time is now ripe for such move.
Where we need you assistance 1.Firstly to assist us claim this consignment from the
security company as my late fathers foreign partner and have the money paid into your nominated account. 2. To assist us invest the money in a profitable business ventures in your country. For your kind assistance you will get 20% of the total amount after the transfer of this fund into your nominated account.
Upon your response and acceptance to assist me, we will give you further details concerning this transaction but you must treat this transaction as highly confidential for my security reasons.
Best Regards
James Bongani.







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