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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: "David Brimley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david.brimley@rediffmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:11:53 +0100
Subject: Make Claims

ATTENTION:

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it should
be treated as such .I am Brimley David,a solicitor at law.

I am the personal attorney/sole executor to my late client, who worked as an independent oil magnate in my country and who died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 5th of Nov 2001. Since the death of my client,I have written several letters to the embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended relations whom shall be claimants /beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail.
Moreso, I have received official letters in the last few weeks suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws by the bank in which my client deposited the sum of £9.8m GBP.The board of directors of company now adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the next quarter or forfeit the money as an abandoned fund.The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate
the funds after the expiration of the period given to me but after an investigation in the
finance company,I found out that some members of the company want to divert this fund
into their private accounts for their own selfish interest and only want,to use the
excuse that since I am not able to look for some one to make the claim,the money should be made unserviceable and that means submitting the fund to the federal government without good intensions.

I decided to search for a credible person and finding that you bear a similar last name,
I was urged to contact you, that I may, with your consent, present you to the "trustee" bank as my late client's surviving family member so as to enable you put up a claim the capacity as a next of kin of my client so that the proceeds of this estate valued at Nine Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling only(£9.8million ) can be paid to you,before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable.

Note that this is legal,and 100% risk free since I have all vital documents that would be requested by them and that would confer you the legal right to make this claim .I find this possible for the main reason that you bear a similar last name with my client making it a lot easier for you to put up a claim in that capacity .Therefore, to facilitate the
immediate re profiling of this fund, you need, first to contact me via my alternative
email address signifying your interest and as soon as I obtain your confidence, I will
immediately intimate you with the complete details as well as fax you the documents,
with which you are to proceed and I shall direct you on how to put up an application to
the bank.

However, I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that
you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through my Telephone +447005961084,for a better confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this .Please let me have your opinion as soon as possible.If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you,I await your urgent response.Give me a call at your earliest convenience.

Sincerely,

Brimley David.(esq).


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