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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: Austine savimbi <austine_savimbi@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 03:08:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP


DEAR FRIEND,

(STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL)
I am writing you with trust and confidentiality, my name is AUSTINE SAVIMBI the son of the formal president JONAS MALHEIRO SAVIMBI from the Republic of Angola. And I got your contact through the internet business journal) and after due consideration and after going through your profile, I became aware assured of your credibility of handling this profitable transaction. Thus, my humble decision to solicit for your understanding and cooperation in this business that will benefit you and I.


At the mid term of the rebellion which is still on till date, my father thinking fast, decided to send my brother and I out of the country (Angola) with a total sum of (us$75m) SEVENTY FIVE million united state dollars only, sealed in a diplomatic bag meant for purchase of arms and ammunitions for the rebels and the bills were carefully defaced for security reasons.On arrival in Lome-Togo because we are political asylum seekers, we were not allowed to operate a bank account, so with the instruction of my father I deposited the boxes in a security company, though I did not declare the content to them and unfortunately because of my fathers political influence he was assassinated.

we need your assistance by coming to Togo to open a non-residence bank account with any of the local banks though, we are still in Togo to negotiate the transfer of our money properly to the non-residence account which will enable the onward telegraphic transfer of the funds to your nominated bank account, the whole arrangement will be strictly under our supervision and the transaction will be absolute risk-free. Also the whole transaction will take three working days from the day of your arrival.

We intend to share the money upon successful completion of the transaction as follows 25% will be entitled to you for your assistance while 75% will be for us should this meet your utmost consideration please give us your earliest reply through email.

As I will provide you with my confidential Telephone number as soon as I receive your response. Feel free to ask any question{s} you consider necessary.The confidentiality in this transaction can not be over emphasized as we trust and believe that you will oblige us the security and attention it demands.Please treat this transaction with absolute confidentiality. You can have a look at this web site to view the dead body of my Dad on the ground.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/1839252.stm)

Thank you very much.

NB:If you are interested, please reply ONLY to my confidential mail box below so that I can read your massage and get back to you immediately.


Email: austinesavimbi2@yahoo.de

Yours Faithfull,
Austine Savimbi.


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