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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. PELL GORDON" <dr.pellgordon@live.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:56:09 -0600
Subject: HELLO FROM DR. PELL GORDON


From: Dr. Pell Gordon Private Tel: +447045736132
drpellgordon2008@live.co.uk Good day! How are you doing with your
family? I Hope all is fine. Kindly pay attention and understand my aim
of communicating you today through this letter. My name is Dr. Pell
Gordon, Assistant Regional Managing Director, Natwest Bank - East Anglia
and Northern Home Counties London. I have decided to seek a confidential
co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described here-under
for our both mutual benefit and hope you will keep it a top secret
because of the nature of the business. During the course of our banking
year auditing, I discovered an unclaimed/abandoned fund, sum of $12,500,
000 USD (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customers (Late Mr. Morrison
Thompson) an American who unfortunately lost his life, in the plane
crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st, 2000.
My choice of contacting you aroused from the geographical nature of
where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity nature of the
transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been
waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has
done that. I personally has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for 4 years now, I sincerely seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of
this account valued at $12.5 Million Dollars can be paid to you, which
we will disbursed or shared in these percentages ratio, 60% to me and
40% to you. All that I require now is your honest Co-operation,
Confidentiality and Trust to enable us sees this transaction through
successfully. I assure you that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in
your country and Here in London once the fund is transferred to your
bank account, upon your acceptance of this offer, please proceed
immediately and send to me without delay the following information.
-Your Full Name, -Your Contact Address & -Your Direct Mobile Telephone
Number. This will enable me to upload your information in our bank
database to reflect in the bank system immediately, that you are the
next of kin/will beneficiary of this fund and I will advise you on how
to communicate with the bank for onward transfer of the fund to you.
Please note that we have few days to carry out this transaction deal.
Your kind urgent response will be highly appreciated. Thanking you in
anticipation for your prompt response. Best Regards, Dr. Pell Gordon
Private Tel: +447045736132 drpellgordon2008@live.co.uk

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