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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: andrew nwosu <andrewnwosu007@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:05:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: NEXT OF KIN


From the Desk of Andrew Nwosu
Dear Friend,
Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise.
Since it is coming from someone you did not know or ever
seen before, But after due deliberation with my colleagues
we decided to forward this business proposal to you for
urgent respond.
My name is Mr Andrew Nwosu, The chief Accountant AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK ,LAGOS(A.D.B) I write this letter on
behalf of my colleagues in our department to ask for your
co-operation to carry out this,transaction. We discovered
some huge amount of money unclaimed in our bank. Amount of
$10.2m.(TEN MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLAS)This
money belongs to one Mr. John Edward from U.S.A., he is one of our customer. We have been waiting for
this man to come and claim his money for many years now
but couldn't find him. At last after our investigation, we
find out that this man died in a plane crash in Kenya.
Since that time we have advertised for his next of kin or
relation to stand on his behalf but we find nobody to
surface or apply to claim this money. In this situation,>Me and my colleagues decided to look for a trust worthy
foreigner that is capable or can stand as the next of kin
and claim this money in his name.Because the banking law of our country states that any money in our bank for more than six years without being used for any transaction will be retuned confiscated to the federal government treasury.
We said all this things because our customer was a
foreigner, we don?t want this money to go into the federal
government treasure account as unclaimed fund.
We are civil servants and we are not being paid well.That is why we are looking for your support to help in claiming this money.We will change all the bank items and documents in your name as the next of kin. So as soon as this money is transfered into your account, then I will apply for my retirement and we will come down to your country where we will meet with you face to face for the shearing of the
money. This business is risk free you have nothing to worry about. Just what we need from you is trust and confidentiality. On confirmation of your willingness to assist us in this business, the shearing mode will be discussed.
All documents will be perfect according to the bank laws.
on replying to this proposal, include your bank details,
private phone and fax number and your address for easy
communication. I await your reply to enable us start this
transaction with immediate affect. Thanks for your co-
operation.
Yours sincerely
Andrew Nwosu
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
(A.D.B LAGOS,NIGERIA]




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