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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 Dajuma <daviddajuma@gmail.com>
Reply-To: daviddajuma@live.com
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:11:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello


I am Mr David Dajuma,the Auditor in Charge of my  Bank in Burkina faso. I have the intention of transfering the sum of $7.5 Million USD into your Bank Account. This sum used to belong to our late customer who died some years ago. As the Auditing manager, i  also noticed that this late customer did not specify whom his next of kin was before he passed away. Now the Audition for this year is coming up and if no one comes forward to claim this money, automatically the money belongs to the Bank management. I want you to Apply as the Next of Kin to our late customer so that the Bank will accord you all rights and have the funds transferred into your Bank account. However, i will like to explain this a little futher so that you can see how you fit in as the next of kin.

Our late customer is a foreigner like yourself and a Citizen of this country cannot apply as the next of kin unless a foreigner. I will be giving you all the details involved as we proceed.  All arrangements to make sure that your Identtity will be legally protected will be ensured. Here is the account number BOA-1036-086. I want to know from you if you agree to work this out with me or not. The money will be shared 50% each. But if you agree, i would love to have the following below informations from you so that i can send you the Application for Fund Release.

(1)Your full name
(2)Your occupation
(3)Your marital status
(4)Your full residential address
(5)Your phone number
(6)A copy of Your photo.

As soon as i receive theses above informations from you, i will send you the Application for Fund Release which you will fill and send to the Bank for the Claim. Reply to (daviddajuma@live.com)
Thanks.
Sincerely Yours,
David Dajuma




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