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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: "Authur Anderson" <aut_anderson01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: aut_anderson@k.ro
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:50:51 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Direct Phone: +874-7629-18970

Direct Fax: +874-7629-18971

Direct Mobile: +882-1646-685796

E-mail: aut_anderson@k.ro

Dear Sir,


I am Authur Anderson, a solicitor, and the personal attorney to Mr. Francois
Hoel, who is the President/Chief Executive Officer of (HGMT) Hoel
Incorporated France, Herein referred as my client.

On the 2nd, of September 1998 at: 11:16 p.m. EDT (0316 GMT, Swissair
Jetliner, with 229 passengers on board bound from New York JFK to Geneva,
Switzerland, crashed catastrophically off the coast of Nova Scotia vanishes
from radar near Nova Scotia Halifax, my client Mr. Francois Hoel, and his
wife Mrs. Anne Sophie Hoel, with their three children Marie-Francoise Hoel,
Olivia Hoel, Paul Edward Hoel, were involved in a horrific flight crash, 215
passengers and 14 crew members unfortunately lost their lives in the
disastrous crash of Swissair Flight 111.May their gentle souls rest in
glorious peace Amen.

However, I have taken it upon myself to trace the next of kin if possible
claim the sum of US $85,500,000.00 (Eighty Five Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars Only), which is the total payable to the next
of kin. The funds have already been withdrawn from the federal bank of South
Africa and boxed. My late client deposited this cash with a security company
without them knowing the content of the boxes for security reasons.

If you are interested in the business, a quick arrangement for you to claim
the funds will be made to avoid the cash being returned to South African
government as untraceable/unclaimed dividend. We cannot wait and see such
amount of money wasting in the government coffer.

This claim must be made not latter than three weeks time.

After the business, each partner will be entitled to receive half of the
money and I will then let you know how I am going to meet you in your
country for investment discussion. Note, that this business is 100% legal,
risk free and should be handled with utmost urgency and confidentiality.

You can reach me on my direct telephone, fax and mobile as indicated above
without adding my country code. All replies should be forwarded to this
confidential e-mail address: aut_anderson@k.ro

BEST REGARDS,
AUTHUR ANDERSON
AUTHUR ANDERSON CHAMBERS

Website of Disaster:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/07/swissair.victims.list/index.html


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