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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: "MR HASSAN ABDULAH" <hassanabdulah@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:00:13 +0800
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

I am Mr Hassan Abdulah, the director of finance in the Sudan Ports Authority.I have been working for the Government of my country for more than 20years with quite little to show for it.In the course of routine auditing checks during the last quarter of last year,my colleagues and i discovered a surplus amount of money from an overvalued contract.I then decided to transfer this money outside the country for some investment.I have actually been looking around for an honest person abroad who i can work with in transfering this money.The total amount of money involved is $15million.I packed this in two boxes and deposited them with a reputable security company here in Sudan as family valuables.I would want you to act as my partner in recieving this money and holding it till i arrive.Once the money has left by special diplomatic courier,i will take the next available flight to join you then we will look for solid valuable investment to go into.I propose we!
share the money this way taking into consideration the roles we will play in getting the boxes out of Sudan:40% for you;50% for me;and 10% for incidental expenses.Plz reply this mail so that we can expedite action.Pls also include ur full names and address for easy documentation of the transfer.
I intend to go into a viable business venture with a dependable associate with my own share of this money.Plz reply.


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