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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: "musa zongo" <musa_zongo2005@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 04:36:49 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT AND CALL ME 00229/93 70 76 65.

From:The Desk of Dr. Musa Zongo,
Bill & Exchange Manager.
African Development Bank,ADB.
Cotonou-Benin Republic.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE.

Dear friend,

Pleasure writing to you at this moment of the day, I am Dr. Musa Zongo,
the bill and exchange manager,from (African Development Bank).Cotonou-Benin
Republic. I and my colleagues deem it fit to contact you regarding to a
transaction that will favour both of us at the end, and i got your contact
in my search for a reputable and reliable person to help me claim the fund
in question.
During the course of our auditing,we discovered the sum of
US2.500,000.00(Two Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars) floating in an
account opened in this Bank since 1997 and as from 2001 no body has operated
on this account again,and after going through some old files in the
records,I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [HEIR]on
the 11th of sept 2001 by plane crash,hence the money is floating.

After due verification I noticed that no other person knows about this
account except his wife who was also invovled in the crash.So,the account
has noother beneficiary.My investigation also proved that until his death,he
was the Director GOLD ARK [SARL].

Since our bank(African Development Bank)Benin Rep,got informations about his
death,we have been expecting his next of kin to come forward and claim this
money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of
kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and
policies which nobody up to date,came up to this bank as his next of kin or
relative.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department now decided to make this businness proposal to you and release
the money to you as the next of kin or Relation to the deceased for safety
and subsequent disbursement since no body is coming forth and we don't want
this money to go into the Bank treasury as an unclaimed Bill.

On this note, I decided to seek for your assistance in getting this fund out
of the bank into a foreign account,because the country law here does not
allow such money to stay more than Five years, or it will be recalled into
the government treasury as an unclaimed Bill after this period.
Upon the receipt of your response, I will send to you the application
form,banks contact and the next step to take in this transaction.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and
that you should entertain no fear as all modalities for fund transfer would
definitely be finalized within a fourteen banking days, after you must have
applied to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

It has been resolved that 30% will be for you while 10% has been maped out
to defray any expences that might be incured during the process of the
transaction,while 60% will be for me and my coleagues,which shall be release
after the funds must have been remitted into your bank account.

When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
decision.Including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication,I
will be very happy if you can treat this business with the utmost secrecy as
it demands because of my position in this bank,For confidentiality reasons.
kindly call me on my direct line and also reply only to my private........

Email:zongo_dangote@yahoo.com
Waiting to hear from you,thanks.
Best Regards,
Dr. Musa Zongo.

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