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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: brono balogun <brono_ng@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 01:23:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL



From: eyinja2002@yahoo.com
To:
Cc:
Bcc:
Subject:CONFIDENTIAL
Abuja-Nigeria.

Dear Sir,
I am Senator,Arthur F.Nzeribe., Chairman contract award committee for the petroleum special trust fund (PTF). I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have not met in person and it will look too good to be real. Do not be skeptical as it is of mutual benefits for both parties.

However, we are in search of a reliable and honest partner abroad that we can entrust with the sum of $22million. We are members of the Special Committee for Budget and Planning of the
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. This committee is principally concerned with contract appraisal and the approval of contracts as regards capital projects for the federal Government of Nigeria.

With our positions we have successfully secured for ourselves the sum $22million.
This fund originated from contract we executed for the petroleum trust fund for the supply of oil-pipelines to Port Harcourt and Warri Refineries.
A German firm executed this contract originally and full payments have been made to the contractors who executed the contract leaving behind US$22million as an over-invoiced sum for us the committee members as benefit for our hard work. In view of this, my colleagues have mandated me to look for a partner abroad who will receive this fund on our behalf, which means that you will provide any account of your choice where we can lodge the fund for our use.
All this arrangement we have perfected with our positions and influence in government and we assure you of a very good and legitimate business that is expected to take few working days
from the day we receive your nominated bank account of your choice.
I and two of my partners will be visiting your country for our share of the fund upon your confirmation that the fund is in your account.

Disbursement of the fund will be as follows:
30% of the total sum will be your share, while 65% will be for me and my colleagues. 5% will be an outstanding amount to settle any expenses incurred by any party during the transfer.
My committee has unanimously agreed that we should invest our share of the fund for importation of goods to our country based on your expert advice. What will interest you most is that we have carefully arranged with the Accountant General Federal Ministry of Finance via our offshore bank, so that we can enlist your name among the names for the on-going
payment exercise in this third quota of this fiscal year.

We assure you that this is 100% risk free and very legitimate as all modalities have been perfected by us with our connections in government. What matters most is honesty on your side and for you to keep everything confidential. No third party should be involved. If this transaction interests you, do not hesitate to email me as a matter of urgency with your contact
phone and fax numbers immediately so that I can call you for more details.

Cheers and God bless you.
Senator,Arthur F.Nzeribe.



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