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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: "mrs rosemary ogada" <dontumac2000@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: rosemaryogada@myway.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2081 23:21:48 +0700
Subject: complement of the day


From : Mrs Rosemary Ogada
Johanesburg ,
Email : rosemaryogada@myway.com


Dear sir,

Compliments of the day, I am Mrs.Rosemary Ogada the Wife of late Dr. Mike Ogada ,My husband was fomer Chairman of Democratic Peoples orgarnization of Ivory Coast, He was assasinated in the coup plot by General Robert Guie which lead to the current civil war in my country, Before his death he was able to confirm to me of an existence of a deposit of US$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million five hundred thousand US DOLLARS ) which he secured in a finance and security vault in Bangkok -Thailand through a diplonatic means as Diplomatic Valuable / Family treasure ( for security reasons).

Presently I am Temporary living in exile here in Johanesburg , South Africa and under the protection of the United Nation High Commission on Refugee due to the problem in Ivorian governace , My son just arrived Thailand as the next of kin to the consignment and We have certified the existence of the fund at the Security vault with all the appropriate documents of the fund in our pocession ,

Already we have finalize every arrangement with the diplomatic personel on retreiving of the box from the security vault but the labor law act of Thailand does not allow us to Handle or operate a bank account due to our status as a political refugee. For the above reason I decided to ask for an assistance and help from you as a foreign partner to enable us reach a contract investment partnership agreement to clear and transfer this fund to your country for investment purpose as soon as it is cleared from the finance and security trusts firm in Thailand. also to assist in directing and investing the fund into a good profitable business orientation

1 .I will offer 10% of the total fund as a reward for your assistance toward your help in transfering the fund to your bank account in your country for investment purpose.

2. I will map out 1% of the total fund to cover all expences made by both parties during the transaction.

I will be expecting your replies , thanks for your co-operation and hoping to see a good family relationship with you.
For further information and procedure hoping to hear from you thanks.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs Rosemary Ogada
For Ogada Family

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