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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: "CLIFFORD DANTATA" <clifforddantata07@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:07:11 -0700
Subject: Good Day,

Good Day,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I am Clifford Dantata. The first son of late Mr.and Mrs.Dantata. My father was a very wealthy Gold and Cocoa merchant based in Accra and Zaire respectively; he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business outings. Until his he was the owner of (CASHCOPEXPORTLIMITED).

Following the death of my father on the 1st of October 1994, my mother took me so special because I was the only child. And before the of death my mother on the 29th November 2000 in a private hospital in Zaire, she sincerely called me by her sickbed and told me that my father had a sum of U.S$19,000,000.00 US DOLLARS (Nineteen Million US Dollars) kept in a security company in Europe.

She also said that the security company does not know the content of the safe box and that my father used my name as the next of kin.

She also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice were l will transfer
this money and use it for investment purposes.

I am presently in possession of the deposit certificate. I want you to assist me in clearing
this fund into your account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for investment purpose, such as real estate management. My interested areas of investment are, REAL ESTATE, HOTELS, PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, and MANUFACTURING.

Am honorably seeking for your assistance in the following ways.

(1)To assist me to clear this fund from the security company and transfer to your account successfully.

(2) To serve as the guardian of this fund.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 28% of the total sum as compensation for your effort and input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account.

Furthermore, you can indicate your opinion towards assisting me as l believe that this transaction would be concluded within 14 days from the day you signify interest to assist me. I wait to hear from you as soon as possible.

Thanks and God bless you for your anticipated co-operation.

Best Regards,
Clifford Dantata

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