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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: "Roland Jones" <rolandjones@barclaysbankzoneworld.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:16:28 +0000
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT

Dear Sir/Ma,

I know this might have come to you as a surprise but I want to let you
know that I am introducing you to a business of mutual benefit that will
benefit the both of us.

My Name is Roland Jones Auditor General of Barclays Bank UK. We might be
strangers to ourselves now but as time goes on incase you are willing to
assist me in making this proposal a reality,we will now probably meet in
person.

We want to transfer to overseas account ($32,000.000.00 USD) Thirty-two
million United States Dollars) from Barclays Bank UK.

I want to ask you, If you can look for a reliable and honest person who will
be able and fit to provide either an existing Bank account or to set up a
new Bank A/C immediately to receive this money, even an empty A/C can serve
to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end
for this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you
will never let me down either now or in the future.

I am the Auditor General of Barclays Bank UK, during the course of our
auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in
1996 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again,after goin! g
thro! ugh some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the
account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do
not remit this money out urgen!tly it will be forfeited for nothing. The
owner of this acco! unt is PEDRO F. HASLER a foreigner, a great
industrialist and he died since 1998.No other person knows about this
Account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and
my investigation proved to me as well that until his death he was the
manager GOLD ARK [pty].S.A.

We will start the first transfer with Twelve million

[$12,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your
side,we shall re-apply for the payment of t he remaining rest amount to
your Account.The total amount involve is Thirty-two million United

States Dollars only [$32,000.000.00]. I want to firsttransfer $12,000.000.00
[Twelve United States Dollar] from this money into a safe foreigners
account abroad before the rest. But I don't know any foreigner, I am only
contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a
local Person here,without valid international foreign passport, but can only
be approved to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers
license and oreign A/C because the money is in US dollars and the former
owner of the a/c is a foreigner too, and the money can only be approved into
a foreign A/C.

However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together when we meet
face to face after the first transfer of $12Million before transferring the
second part of $20 M! illion. I am revealing this to you with believe in God
that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the
only person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply rgently
so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently.

Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full details
of the account to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a inding
agreement that will bind us together immediately after the first transfer
before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management
is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information of this account, which I will give to you upon your positive
response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
instruction of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this
business. I need your strong assurance that you will never, never let me
down.

With my influence and my position in the bank the bank official can transfer
this money to any foreigner's reliable account that you can provide with
assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in
your country for sharing.

The bank official Will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we
receive this money leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence you
can call me for heart to heart discussion through my private satellite phone
which I secured for the security and safety of this business as you know
that this business is confidential.I will use my position and influence to
obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account
with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange
departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 20% of the total
amount, 75% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of transfer.

I look forward to your earliest reply you can reach me on +44 703 194 7483
or get back to me via email: rolandjones@uk2.net Thanks and God Bless.

Yours truly,
Roland Jones.


N.B

Definitely,a transaction of this magnititude needs funds to execute and make
it a reality and before,i contacted you,i have already made a concret
arrangement of how to take care of all expenses.

Do not be alarmed,you are not going to spend any fund of yours caused before
i contacted you,i have already made an arrangement with an investor in
Canada,who is going to assist us with the funds needed! for us to complete
the transaction. If you are interested,immediately,give me your
telephone/fax number and contact address for me to give to the investor to
contact you and send the funds needed for us to complete the transaction.


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