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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Onus Kanu" <k_o_26@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: konus26@excite.com
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:47:31 +0000
Subject: Dear !


ATTEN:

Compliments of the day to you and your family,

I will want you to help by being a very good Samaritan, My name is ONUS KANU, I hail from the Democratic Republic of Congo, but currently in Ghana at the United Nations Bujumbura Refugee Camp here in Accra Ghana.

In 1999,January 19th,rebel solders captured my home town Kinshasa, and they raped my two sisters, but when they wanted to rape my mum, my dad resisted them, this made them mad, and their leader gave order to his boys to shoot him on the head.

The rebels left the whole town in blaze and in chaos, they took my brother and I with them, we were made to carry their loads, and eventually they were tired of us, so their leader gave order for them to cut off our arms and limps, but they only cut my brothers limps.

Fortunately we survived, the United Nations set up a refugee camp in Goma, which is 60 km, from Kinshasa,our brutal wounds were healed, and we went back home, fortunately we discovered the file in which our late father keeps all his documents, we saw a document that
revealed that our late father deposited US$56 Million Dollars in a security clearing house in Accra - Ghana.This fund was deposited in two Boxes, the first Box contains US$ 32 Million Dollars and the second Box contains US$ 24 Million Dollars.

Sir, with this information at hand we found our way Down to this country Ghana, when we got to the Security company, they made us to understand that, our late Father deposited this money with them, and there is a standing order, that on no account should the money be given to the next of kin (which is me) unless I Present somebody as my foreign business partner;
this is the reason why I am writing you this mail. My brother and me are now In the Bujumbura Refugee Camp here in Accra-Ghana about 3 hours drives from the City (Accra). We are still in this camp because we have not got know one to help us as our foreign business partner to move this fund from the Security Company.

My brother and I had agreed to compensate anybody that God will use to assist us 20% of the total fund. I want you to know that this Business is 100% risk free; all you have to do is to come down to Accra - Ghana, and represent as our foreign business partner.

I know that I can trust you, this is the reason why I am asking you to do this favors for us, so that you can help us to invest this money into a lucrative business, as I don't know much about investment in your country.

Fine attachment is my brothers Picture (SABATA ONUS)

Thanks and God bless you and your family, I am expecting your prompt reply,

We need your help, please you contact me on this my email address.( konus26@hotmail.com
) contact : 00233-20-878-0416

Please help us for the SAKE of GOD and my only left BROTHER.

ONUS KANU

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