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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: don peters <donpeters001002@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:24:27 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PARTNERSHIP IN BUSINESS


#.25 LAKE VIEW FLORIDER
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL.: 27-733888576.
FAX 27-866412964
EMAIL: donpeters001002@yahoo.co.in



ATTN: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO.


Dear Friend,

I know this letter may beat your imagination as we have no previous correspondence. My name is MR. DON PETERS, the son of a late Sierra-Leonean business man, late DR. Coleman Peters the owner of (RMS ) mining company in Sierra-Leone, who died few years ago when the Revolutionary United Front rebels (R.U.F) attacked our residence on the
11 of Feb. 1998 in Mokena, Sierra-Leone.

Following the cease fire agreement which was reach last year with the help of United Nation peace keeping troops, I used the opportunity to leave the country with a very important document of 24,600,000 (Twenty Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars), deposited by my late father in security company in South Africa, under my name. This money was realized from diamond export, now I and my mother are seeking asylum in South Africa under (UNHCR). I contacted you because of the need to deal with person
whom my family and I have no previous personal relationships and I got your contact from the Internet and I confirmed your Country as being economic conducive for investment and her people as transparent and trust-worthy
to engage in business, hence my reason for writing you however, this money in question has been in the Security Company since his death. But my main problem now is that at my age of 30 Iam confused on how to handle this huge
amount of money and also what to do with it as I don't have anyone to confide in South Africa here.

May I use this medium to request from you if you will be disposed enough to help me keep this huge amount in your country or any other place of your choice that will have more security to the money. I have meet the Security
Company with the Depositional Documents that my father left behind, of which my name appears as the "next of kin", the Company awaits my coming for the withdrawal, and I am even afraid of disclosing the content to them since my father in his letter had warned me against that.

If it appeals to you to help me, I will suggest you take a trip to South Africa for us to meet face to face and finalize before moving the fund or if there is any other means you can suggest for the transferring of the fund to your very position pending my arrival to meet with you for investing of the money with any profitable business you introduce, as I have decided to do away with South Africa entirely.

After the fund gets into your country through your assistance, 20% of the total amount will be for you. I am waiting for your prompt reply on this email address donpeters001002@yahoo.co.in or you can call me at the above
telephone number.

Yours faithfully,
MR. DON PETERS.






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