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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 Kaoume <ax123@westci.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:06:28 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Greetings,

 Greetings,

I am William Kouame the only son of Mr. Kouame Attah a citizen of Ghana but resides in Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire.I am writing you to seek for your assistance to secure my inheritance which I inherited from my late father which amount to the sum of $12,200,000.00USD (Twelve Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).The fund was willed to me before his death and all documents prooving that is with me.

What I need from you is to act as my late father's foreign trustee to enable the bank remit the funds to you. I tried to claim the funds but the deposit agreement states that I cannot withdraw the money until I am up to 25years except I provide a foreign trustee who will act as my guardian.

At the moment, I have stopped schooling due to finances and my relatives are not making life easy for me. Please I need you to help me so that I can be able to get out of this country as soon as possible.

I will give you the contact of the bank director to communicate with him and also give you the legal documents of the funds deposit as soon as you accept to help me.


Thanks,
William Kouame
  

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