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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: missysimbi@yahoo.com.sg
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 03:18:51 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Hi. Nice to meet you ///



Hello Dear,

How are you doing today?

My name is Miss Sy Simbi Dodo single, 26 years of age. I am from Liberia in west Africa, presently I am residing in Dakar Senegal as a result of the civil war that was fought in my country. Treat it as urgent and serious. I am the daughter of late Mr. Jenkine Dodo who deals on Silver and Gold. The rebels attacked our house and kill our parents. Although my father died two days later of gun wounds at the hospital. Before his death, he handed me over some of her Documents he use to Deposit fund in finance firm.
He told me who is after his life and instruct me to take my junior brother to Senegal. He warned me not to disclose this deposit to any body even in Senegal because those after his life has connections and power. He instructed me to fine a business partner in Europe or any stable country and my father dream is to see us through education and become independent in life.
This Asset valued 5.5 million Dollars was deposited here in Senegal, I need your assistance to claim and transfer this deposit to your account. Help us to invest it in profitable business while we carry on with our education over there in your Country. You will also help me and my junior brother to secure travelling documents by providing us any information that will be needed from you to issue us Visa to your Country. We are living now as refugees of which I've
tried to withdraw the deposit but was denied the access because of my
refugee status, rather I was advice to bring a relative to file for the deposit as my trustee. My father had warned me not to disclose this to anybody, so I decided to look out side, although is a very difficult decision to take considering that we had never meet before. But I hope God will never let me the wrong way as he is our last hope in life.

Please I am soliciting for your noble hand to help me transfer this deposit because we want to have our freedom and don't want to stay here anymore because no one would like to be in hell like this, that is why I'm writing you to help us retrieve this deposit so that we can be free and able to start our normal life and education again. Your profile speaks volumes, hence my picking on you as an achiever of result. I also appreciate the responsibility you shoulder presently. I hope it will not discourage you from helping us. I will like you to open your heart and let me know what you will like to take out from the total sum in percentage terms in other to give us the help we need from you. We have to agree on everything to ensure the success of all we will do together to avoid conflict later and make it our secret. I will send you my picture when you declare your interest to help us.

Hoping to hear from you soonest

Yours sincerely

Miss Sy Simbi Dodo.


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