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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: BARRISTER HARRY OKOJIE <solicitor_okojie_san@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 23:43:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: VERY URGENT PLS


Dearest Sir,

Please I believe in GOD and also trust in you to be of great help to me in these trust transaction with believe that you will not disappoint me as soon as these fund is transfer into your account.

My name is Barr. Harry Okojie,attorney to charles taylor formal president of Liberia.my confident to consult you was propelled by a reliable personality who assured me of you as an honesty and trustworthy person whom I can repose my trust and confident on for safeguarding this fundUS$37.5m thirty seven million five hundrend thousand united state dollars in his position till I come over to your country for sharing immediately this fund has been secured from the finance and security company were it is now deposited in oversea safe-keeping.

Before charles taylor attempt to escape from nigeria to cameroon he told me about the deposit and handed over the necesary documents to me and about his movement,he as well informed me that his son Charles McArthur Emmanuel will come over to meet with me to discuss on how to go about the retrieval of the fund from where it was deposited.As Charles Junior was about coming down to meet with me he was arrested in miami accused of making false statements to obtain a new passport because he does not want anybody to identify him. immediately i heard about his arrest i have to locate to another country Athens Greece,for more evidence please open these site for more details. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/14237685.htm.
Please i saw this as a golden opportunity to divert the fund for our personal usage afterall i served Chrales Taylor for years without having upto hundred thousand united state dollars in my account,please as soon as we succeed and transfer the total fund to your account we will meet to decide on the best investment to invest the fund into either in your country or any place of your choice.

Please there is nothing to fear on these deal base on the fact that since charles taylor has been flown to Sierra Leone to face an international court for fueling Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war and faces 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and his son Charles McArthur Emmanuel does not know my whereabout .For your assistance and transparency services,35% will be for you while 60% will be for me and 5% will be set aside for any expencies we may incure during the time of processing and geting these fund transfered to your account.i will give you my phone number as we progress.
I will stop here as i Expect your maximum co-operation, honesty and understanding in concluding the business with me,more importantly i will be glad if you keep my business contact to you top secret to avoid exposure of my whereabout.
Yours Faithfuly,
Barr.Harry Okojie.



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