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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: "nene briggs" <nenebriggs13@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:34:48 +0100
Subject: From Mrs Nene Briggs

Hello My Dear.
I am Mrs Nene Briggs,the wife of the late Mr Felix Nuate Briggs of the
Movement For The Soveriegn State of Ogoni in Rivers State,the Niger Delta
Oil Producing Community Of Nigeria,who was killed along side Ken Saro-Wiwa
and eight others during the military junta of the late Head of State Gen.
Sani Abacha.Since the death of my husband,things has not been the same for
me and my family. I know we have not met before, but, I am contacting you
with due sense of humanity,responsibility and the belive that you will give
my proposal a mutual understanding. I am soliciting for your assistance to
clear from the finance company and move the sum $14.5million USD to your
country for investment.

The fund is presently in a security/finance company for safety purposes
since the 12- 2- 2003 It was saved through the security company just to
divert pyying eyes. The real content of the box was not declared as it was
kept as photographic equipment on deposit. please I need you as a partner to
assist in clearing and subsequently transferring the fund in a safe account
overseas and to also provide good investment plans for it. The fund will be
under your investment control for three years during which only the profit
will be shared among us (you and I), 80% for me and 20% for you annually. I
am a Christian with the fear of GOD in any thing I do so please I want us
to build some kind of trust trust on each other.I will send you all the
deposit documents as soon as you indicate your interest to be my partner.
Thanks in anticipation of your response.

Please feel free to send an email to me also through this email
address:mrsnenebriggs700@hotmail.com

Thanks and God bless.

Nene Briggs (Mrs)

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