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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: Mitchel Akofa <mr.m3akofa@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr.mitchel_akofa@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 05:05:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Awaiting your response...


Dear Friend,

I am the below named and addressed.My intention of writing you this brief notice is to seek your confidence and unbiased efforts in a partnership that will be of immense mutual benefit for both of us.

I hereby bring to your knowledge about records of unclaimed fund with total sum of $8.3 million,United States Dollars that i discovered during one of my routine checks and record updates belonging to a rich business magnet late Mr J .D. Fielding,who lost his life through an industrial mishap on the 17th December 2004 .

I also discovered that there was no records of next of kinship mentioned in the ICP data folders by this deceased customer, you have the advantage to be presented as the next of kin to this fund.Since,this deceased person was a foreigner,which makes it very difficult for an indigenous person to be presented to this claim,hence the reason why i have contacted you.

Our bank internal policy as relates to unclaimed foreign dormant accounts demands that after a period of days of non funtionability of such account,then it will be declared as unserviceable and thereafter gets confiscated via the central bank to the government treasury.

I await your immediate and positive response to this notice.Please forward your direct telephone number(s) to me so that i can call you whenever necessary.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Mitchel Akofa.
Treasury Department.
Eco Bank Lome-Togo.


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