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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: "Mrs Jemila Ali" <jemila_ali02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jemila_ali-1@myway.com
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:51:32 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION NEEDED

My Dear,
Greetings to you, I am Mrs.Jemila Idris Ali, a widow to Late Mr.Idris Ali,I
am 64years old,suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all
indications my condition is really deteriorating and it's quite obvious that
I have a limited time to live according to my doctors.This is because the
damage the cancer has done to me is very bad. My late husband was killed
during the US raid against terrorism in Afghanistan,and during the period
of our blissful marriage we couldn't produce any child of our own.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death,I inherited all his
business and wealth.The doctor has advised me that I may not live for more
than Six months and that it is only by the power of God [Allah] that can
determine my life span, so I now decided to divide part of this wealth, to
contribute to the development of the less privelegded and poor children in
Africa, America,Asia and Europe.

I am willing to donate the sum of $32.000,000.00 Million Us Dollars to you
for the less privileged. Please I want you to note that,this fund is lying
in a Trust Firm abroad and upon my instruction, you will file in an
application for the transfer of the money in your name.

Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for
the said purpose and not other wise.

I await your response.
Mrs.Jemila Idris Ali.
Kabul,Afghanistan
EMAIL:Jemila_ali-1@myway.com


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