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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: VALENTINE KONE GUEI <valentinekoneguei@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: valentinekone_guei@yahoo.com.au
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:43:22 +0300
Subject: URGENT REPLY


Attn: sir,

I send this message to you, demanding anxiously for urgent assistance.
I made up my mind to forward this offer to you, after brief outstanding information I read concerning you, in Internet where I got your contact.

I am Valentine Kone Guei 24 years old, the son of ex-military leader Robert Guei of Cote d'Ivoire, who is now dead. With growing disturbing grievances in my heart I am letting you to know that my late father was immediately gunned down by his colleagues, immediately been suspected to be behind the ongoing military uprising in my country Ivory Coast.

I final lost my father in hospital in Abidjan commercial city, and my mother was also reported to me to have been killed on her working place. Immediately, it occurred to me that the whole family life is in danger. Obviously I stumbling escape out of the country to Dubai were I am schooling in one of the American university now in sharjah United Arab Emirates. I am making this contact to you, requesting for your urgent assistant to assist me claim out one hundred and twenty millions united states dollars. $120,000,000. 00,us dollars my father kept in security company as a family valuables which he did not disclose the real content.

This money is kept secret in the security company to be used to achieve his political goals but unfortunately to him he did not live to accomplish his goals. I need this consignment to be claim to be so that you will transfer this money into your foreign account were curious eyes will not see it for my own personal use and investment.

I am taking this initiative to avoid any government trace and
confiscation of my family achievements. I am looking forward for you to provide me the entire necessary assistant, to secure and claim this consignment and transfer the money to your country. I am assuring you for assisting me to transfer this money to your foreign account I will offer you a very good percentage and I am also promising you that you will definitely benefit from this claim which I will offer to you 15% of the total fund for your assistance, while 10% for any expenses you incur during the transaction..

PLS NOTE: For the safety of my life and for the successfully and
smooth accomplishment of this fund transaction claim of the consignment that I am looking forward to transact with you, I urge you to keep this message secret. I count in your full co-operation in this offer. I am waiting anxiously for your urgent respond; I am also in possession with all the whole relevant documents.

Regards,
Mr. Valentine Kone Guei

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