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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: "Susan Adams" <ds69305@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ds69301@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:47:41 +0000
Subject: From Susan Adams,,,,,,,,,plz reply urgent!

From Susan Adams
Dakar.

Good day,

Pardon me for contacting you without any previous appointment,due consider this as a plea for assistance because of the ugly situation i found myself which compels me to contact you this way.I am Miss Susan Adams the only daughter and child of Mr and Mrs Achille Adams,my father was posioned to death by his business associates because of his wealth during one of his business meetings,his only trusted brother masterminded his poison so during the few days my father battled between life and death at the hospital he called me on his sick bed as his only child because my mother died when i was 8 years old.My father told me about the sum of US$4.8M he deposited in a security company here in Dakar-Senegal for safe keeping , he disguised and declared the box to contain family valuables instead of money,by this way the company does not know the true content of the box for safety reasons.My father told me he can not survive the sickess that if he dies i should leave!
Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire and come to Senegal to look for whom i trust to help me transfer this money out of Senegal for my future use and investment.All this discussion took place at his hospital beside before he eventually died.

I am just a student university undergraduate and really don't know what to do. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire.The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in relocating this money to your custody as quickly as possible so that i will arrange my traveling documents to join you.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me ?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question
will be good for you after the money is in your custody?
4. Can you keep this matter only to yourself for safety reasons?

Please Kindly consider my plea as a helpless girl in need of your urgent assistance to start a new life.

Sincerely yours

Susan Adams






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