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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: "michael dante" <dante_mic6@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:02:26 +0000
Subject: attention

My Dear,

I am an Administrative Staff of Eleme Refining & Petrochemical Co. Ltd and I
represent a group that is interested in engaging your service as Investment
Manager and humanitarian purposes of a large volume of fund.

The intended business is thus; there was an over-inflated contract that was
executed for the Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR) worth $32 million
which has been lying fallow since the original contractor has been paid
leaving the over-inflated amount which was done by this group I am
representing. They are in charge of the accounts and finance section
including the auditing department and have perfected all documents to back
up the payment as to avoid any trace whatsoever which makes the transaction
100% risk free.

The issue of the kind of service I request from you would be that I nee! d
your assistance in receiving the amount of $32m and thereafter you i nvest
it for a period of 2 years.

Secondly, you would be entitled to 25% of the total fund in question as the
fund manager while 5% will be set aside for any sundry expenses incurred by
both parties in the course of this transaction.

Meanwhile, I believe that you would be able to handle this project.
Trustworthiness and confidentially should be our watch word so as to protect
their highly exalted positions without denting their image and person in
this regard. I really need your assurance and I want you to give me your
maximum co-operation as far as this project is concerned.

I have a wife with seven children, four girls, three boys and I want to
ensure that their future is secured financially with this project;
therefore, you can understand my position towards this issue. It will be
appreciated if you could tell me more about yourself.

Also, a working agreement paper would be drafted to this effect and signed
by both parties before the processing of the payment via the relevant
authorities and subsequent effecting of the payment into the account
coordinate that you would provide for this purpose.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, please get back to me, so that we can
work out the procedure for the execution of this transaction.

Please reach me strictly via my e-mail: dante_mic@katamail.com together with
your private telephone number for easy communication.

Yours Sincerely,

Michael Dante


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