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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: "Biola Macaulay" <biolamacaulay1@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:19:33 +0000
Subject: ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.

ATTENTION.

I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties
in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and Finance
Allocation of the Federal Ministry of works and Housing in Nigeria.

Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want the
transaction to be strictly as confidential as possible. He further wants his
identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of the
transaction. Hence our desire to have an overseas agent.

I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as our
overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction.

The deal in brief is that the funds with which to carry out our proposed
investments in your country is presently in a coded account in the Nigerian
apex bank and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to your country
or any safe account outside your country in a convenient bank account that
will be provided by you before we can put the funds into use. For this you
shall be considered to have executed a contract for the ministry. The
contract sum of which shall run into US$15.5Million of which your share
shall be 30% if you agree to be our overseas agent. Your area of
specialization does not matter in this transaction, all that is required of
you is a safe account and your willingness to assist us acquire estates in
your country.

As soon as payment is effected and the amount mentioned above is
successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share
in acquiring some estates abroad. For this too, you shall serve as our
agent. It might interest you to note that last year, a similar transaction
was carried out with one MR. CHIENCHEN YU of Taiwan but after securing the
payment approvals, and payment effected, MR.CHIENCHEN YU changed his numbers
and addresses, and was no where to be found on our getting to Taiwan. That
was how we lost US$7.5Million. So this time around, I will be with you
before the remmittance is made into your provided account to avoid future
occurrence and allow trust to play a very minimal role until performance is
seen.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this
proposal, through my email address. After which we shall discuss in details
the modalities for seeing this transaction through. If however, you are not
disposed to assist, kindly destroy this letter in view of the
confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of personalities

involved.

Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.

Tel: +234 80333 23207.

Best Regards,

Biola Macaulay.

Alternative email.: (bioamacaulay@netscape.net)



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