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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: "Mariam Abacha" <hajiamariam2006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hajiamariam20052006@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 01:06:25 +0100
Subject: Attention please....Read from Hajia..

From: Mrs Mariam Abacha
Date:Thusday, Dec 24, 2005.

ATTN;

I am Hajia Maryam Abacha, widow of the Late Gen. Sani Abacha former
Nigerian Military Head of State who died as a result of cardiac arrest in
some years ago.

I therefore decided to contact you in confidence so that I can be able
to move out the sum of US$35,760,000.00 ( Thirty Five Million Seven hundred
and Sixty Thousand U. S. Dollars ) which was secretly defaced and seal in
big metal box for security reasons and deposited in a security Bank .

I personally therefore appeal to you for your urgent assistance to move
this money into your country where I believe it will be safe since I cannot
leave the country due to the restriction of movement imposed on me and
members of my family by the Nigerian government.

You can contact me through this email,or my family lawyer Barrister
Rabiu.(E-mail:barrister_rabiu@lawyer.com). Upon the receipt of your
acceptance to assist me, my lawyer shall arrange with you for a face to face
meeting outside Nigeria in order to liaise with him towards the effective
completion of this transaction.

However, arrangement has been put in place to move this money out
of the country in batches in a secret vault through a diplomatic security
company to any of the European country as soon as you indicate your
interest. I also want you to be assured that all necessary arrangement for
the hitch-free of this transaction has been concluded.

Conclusively, I have decided to offer you 25% of the total sum 5%
will be for whatever expenses that will be incurred, while 70% is to be used
in buying share in your company subsequent to our free movement by the
Nigerian government.

Please reply urgently and treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerity.


Best regards,

HAJIA Maryam.


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