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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: Omar Khalifa <okha115@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: khalifarms@mixmail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:38:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greetings!


Greetings!
I would like to apply through this medium for your co-operation and to secure an opportunity to invest and do joint business with you in your country ,i feel confident therefore to introduce myself and this offer to you because of the killing of my father and his younger brother in a car accident and for all this problem of wars and series of wars going on now in my country Sudan.

Well,i am Omar Khalifa.My father died earlier June with his junior brother and left I and my senior sister behind. He was the Adviser to the Sudanese President, My father was a distinguished figure in Sudan,when my father was alive he had previously held the positions of governor of Khartoum, agriculture and information minister.They were killed in the accident in northern Sudan on the Wednesday, 27 June 2007.Please see the attach website for more insight of what i am telling you,web reference here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6244884.stm

I have a substantial capital i honourably intend to invest in your country into a very lucrative business venture of which you are to advise and execute the said venture over there for the mutual benefits of both of us.

The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek your assistance in the area of my future investment and also for a help hand over some huge amount of money he left behind. This money 4.7million dollars is deposited in a finance firm in Dakar Senegal for safe keeping some years ago by my father and he made me the sole beneficiary .I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to claim the deposit from the security company and assist me on investing it as well in your country.

I have made up my mind to offer you 25% of the total sum and also map out 5% for any expenses that will be made during the transaction while the remaining will go into investment and my use.As I have mention earlier I will make the procedure to this issue to be well known to you if I am given the opportunity to do so in my next message .

Please attach your direct and full information as you reply to this mail also include your personal contact phone number for more easy communication.Also, note that this transaction is 100% risk free and I hope to commence the transaction as quick as possible with you,you can reach me through my private email: khalifarms@mixmail.com

Thanks and remain bless,
Omar Khalifa.

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