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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: Dr Demola Sogunle <sogunled@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <drdemolaso@138mail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:16:00 +0400
Subject: From:Dr.Demola Sogunle


From:Dr.Demola SogunleHead, Treasury & Financial Services Department.IBTC CHARTERED BANK PLC. E-mail:drdemolasog@138mail.com
Dear Friend,
First I must solicit your confidence in this letter to you, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a proposal letter of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried due to the spam/scam mails that goes across the globe,but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency needed, as I have been reliably awared of your discreetness and ability in transaction of this nature.
My name is Mr.Demola Sogunle, Head, Treasury & Financial Services department. with Ibtc Chartered Bank Plc,I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person to handle a confidential transaction on my behalf.l write in respect of a foreign customer with Current A/C number:14-2558-2004,who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000,including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site; http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ .
The owner of this account Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist and a resident of Alaska.Since the death of this our customer Mr. Morris Thompson, I have kept a close monitoring of the deposit records and accounts since then. Nobody has come forward to claim the money in this A/C as next of kin to the late Mr. Morris Thompson. The total amount in the account US$28.1 million and it is a domiciliary escrow bank account.It is only an insider,the account owner or a next of kin who has information about the account that could produce the Code or password of the deposit particulars. Also the funds can only be released to a foreigner. I am willing to share this money with you in the ratio of 60 -40%. You shall have 40% of the funds and I shall share the rest with my partner at the bank.
Please I require you to send to me your informations as stated below for an easy and well secured communication:
Full Name............... Contact Address...................Date of Birth............ Occupation.......................Phone number............ Mobile phone......................Fax......................
I wait for your urgent response.this is my private e-mail (drdemolasog@138mail.com)
Regards.Dr.Demola SogunleE-mail:drdemolasog@138mail.com

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