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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: "george owen" <george2000@sapibon.biz>
Reply-To: george_owen@uae.ac
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:41:28 -0400
Subject: PLS CONTACT ME


Compliment of the day

With due respect, trust and humility, I write to present this proposal to

you. george owen the consulting auditor with one of the prime

banks here in South Africa. My search for a trustworthy individual/firm

has led me to you. I came across your contact while looking for a

worthwhile investments or projects that I can be affiliated with. I am

writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry

out this transaction.

The proposition

An industrialist and a foreigner who was customer of my client bank,

who died on the 25TH JULY, 2000 in CONCORDE PLANE CRASH

[Flight AF4590] with the whole passengers on board. During the course

of my auditing discovered an account opened in the bank in 1998 by this

great late NDUSTRIALIST who died without a written or oral 'WILL'

attached to the account. Since his death, I further investigated with kin

interest to see if I can get any relative of the late industrialist but all has

proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds and no other

person knows about this account or anything concerning it.

The account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the

CEO of his company work with my client bank, he had a balance of

$36,000,000.00 USD {Thirty six million united states dollars} which the

bank now expects a next of kin to claim as beneficiary, Valuable efforts

are being made to get in touch with any of the relatives but to no

success. It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to

locate any the next of kin and the beneficiary. The management under

the influence of the Chairman and members of the Board of Directors of

the bank, are making arrangement for the funds to be declared

"UNCLAIMED" and will be lost to the Federal Government or

subsequently be donated to the Trust Fund for Arms and Ammunition to

further enhance the course of war in Africa. In order to avert this

negative development, I now seek your permission to have you stand as

a next of kin to late beneficiary so that the funds USD36m would be

released and paid into your account as the beneficiary next of kin. We

wish to start the first transfer with $10,000,000.00[Ten million] and

upon successful transaction without any disappointment from your side;

we shall re-apply for the transfer of the remaining balance to your

account.

I have secretly discussed this matter with a close confidant attorney

whom I must involve in order to assist us produce legal back-up

documents which would substantiate your claims and also enable us

have a smooth and successful transfer of the fund to any foreign bank

account which you are going to nominate. On this note, We have

secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of

deceased beneficiary and more so we are assuring you this business is

100% risk free involvement you should not entertain any fear as all

modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9 banking days,

after you apply to the bank as the beneficiary of the fund from the

deceased. At the conclusion of the transfer 65% of the fund will be for

me, I will give you 20% of the total transfer sum, 10% for charity both in

Africa and in your country while the remaining 5% will be set aside to

settle expenses both parties might incure during the transfer process.

I am looking forward to your earliest reply through my private email

address auditor george_owen@uae.ac, If this proposal is acceptable by

you do not make undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed on

you, then kindly get to me immediately.

Please furnish me with your private Telephone and Fax Number for easy

and safe communication.

Respectfully yours,

George owen


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