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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: "WILLIAMS FAMILY" <williamsrosevan14@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 10:40:04 +0100
Subject: Dear One


GREETINGS,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going to business relationship with you. I got your
contact from the International web site directory,I prayed over it and selected your name.

I am Rose Van Williams the only Daughter of late Mr and Mrs Dennis Williams. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on their outing to discus on business deal.

When my mother later died on the 21st October 1989, my father took me and my younger brother special because we are motherless. Before the death of my father on
30th June 2007 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.

He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $12.500.000 (Twelve Million, five hundred thousand dollars) left in a suspense account in a LOCAL BANK HERE.
He used my name as his first Daughter for the next of kin in deposit of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates where supposed to balance him from the deal they last had before
he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purposes, (such as real estate management).Am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) I will give you the contact of the Bank where my late father deposited this money.
2) To serve as the guardian of this, since I am a girl of 20 years.
Moreover,I am willing to offer you 10% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate account.

Anticipating hearing from you soon.

Thanks and God Bless.

Best Regards.
Miss Williams Rose
Email . williamsrosevan14@gmail.com

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