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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: "phil treeby" <phil@treebylaw.org>
Reply-To: philtreeby@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:05:47 +0000
Subject: Now*

From: Phil Treeby & Co
Tel: +447040112687
Fax:+447075024475

I have a proposal for you.
It is however not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.
I am Mr. Phil Treeby. I am a lawyer and consultant to a Security Trust and Finance company here in the UK.
My aim of contacting you is that there exists in this finance company an account which has been dormant for the past 8 years which belongs to late Mr Bob Williams who died on Alaska Airlines Flight 261.  His wife, Mrs.Patty Williams also died in the same plane crash. They were natives of Bahamas. I also found out from my investigations that they did not have any children.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

When I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered they did not have any close  family members nor relations and therefore, nobody  is aware of this account.
This is the story in a nutshell.
Now I want a trusted partner overseas to receive the funds.
Thereafter, I plan to destroy all related documents to this account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The account balance plus all the accumulated interest stands at-(US$6.million US dollars).

Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.

Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.

Finally, it is my humble wish that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.
I expect your urgent response if you can handle this project.
You may call me on any of the numbers above after sending a confirmation mail.
I am expecting your urgent response as soon as you receive my message.

Respectfully yours,

Phil Treeby




 

This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the use of the specific individual(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this e-mail or the information contained in it or attached to it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the person named above by reply e-mail.
Thank you.
Phil Treeby & Co
Tel:+447031848660
Tel:+447031845774
Fax:+447075024475

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