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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: Hubert Luve <hubluve013@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <hubertluve@live.fr>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:23:49 +0000
Subject: Attention



Mr.Hubert Luve.Abidjan,Cote D'Ivoire. Dear Sir, I crave your indulgence as I contact you in such a surprising manner. But I respectfully insist you read this letter carefully as I am optimistic it will open doors for unimaginable financial reward for both of us. This business transaction might not fall within the wide spectrum of your business activities, but I plead your assistance,as your flair for profitable business is needed. Permit me to introduce myself, I am Mr.Hubert Luve,DIRECTOR,SPECIAL ASSETS,with a bank here in Abidjan, which information I will disclose to you as you reply me due to security reasons,I was personally in charge of the deposit made by one of our late customer late Engineer.Philip,who till his death was a contractor with our Government and The Ports authority. On the 21st of April 2001, Engr. Philip, his wife and their two children were involved in a Ghastly boat Capsize at Bassam, unfortunately all occupants lost their lives. At the time of his death, he had a deposit of $12.6 Million which was proceed of a contract work he just concluded with The Government before the unfortunate incident.

Unfortunately, till this moment no person has come as his relation for his deposit with us. I humbly request your attention to this matter so that I can present you as his next of kin and beneficiary to this deposit.

It is not a very difficult thing to do and it will not take time.

Please contact me as quickly as possible. Do please note that I did not contact you because you are related to Philip, I contacted you so that we can carry out this deal together and your share will be negotiable. I will give you details as soon as you reach me,I could as well be reached on my cell phone +225 07 50 36 98. Kind regards Mr.Hubert Luve.
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