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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.
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: "CHAMBERS WILLIAMS" <bar101@williamsprivateoffice.net>
Reply-To: privatemail@box.az
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:32:41 +0000
Subject: Mutual benefit for both parties.
KINDLY TREAT AS URGENT
REV BAR WILLIAMS`CHAMBERS
16,PARK VIEW ESTATE IKOYI
LAGOS, NIGERIA.
KINDLY REPLY TO: private202@box.az
Good day,
*IMPORTANT AND PLEASE READ CAREFULLY*
This mail is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever form to you
but i must solicit your confidentiality, i know a proposal of this magnitude
will make anyone apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that it is
sent in good faith and will be of mutual benefit to both parties.
I am REV BAR J WILLIAMS, a solicitor at law,and the personal attorney to
Mr.kenneth a nationale of your country, who worked with shell-development
Company in Nigeria.Here after referred to as my
client.Please do not feel bad about the manner of reaching out to you it is
so because I am
compelled to contact you due to the situation am faced with. On the 21st of
April 2000, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a
car accident along sagamu express road,all occupants ofthe vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquires to
your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives,this has prove
unsuccessful and these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of
his family hence I contacted you.
I am contacting you to assist me to repatriate the money and property left
behind by my client
before they get confiscated in the bank treasury or declared Unserviceable
by the bank where this huge deposit were lodged.The Bank where the deceased
had an account valued at about
28.8 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account
confiscated within the next fourteen official working days. Since I have
been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for almost 4years now I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so thatthe
proceeds of this account valued at 28.8 million dollars can be paid to your
account.For God sake, I have all necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make anywhere. All i require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law. I am willing to give you a reasonable percentage
(30%) of this money at the conclusion of the ransaction.
Furnish me with your contact TELEPHONE and FAX numbers as soon as possible.I
will be looking forward to doing business with you and I do solicit your
Confidentiality in this transaction.Please mail your Response and all other
Correspondence to me through my Confidential/Private email addressbelow in
order for me to update you more on the plans as to how we intend to
actualize this transaction most successfully.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
Best regards,
BARR.J WILLIAMS (SAN)
KINDLY REPLY TO:private202@box.az
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