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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: abiodunkelly001@khalsa.my
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:15:15 +0800
Subject: WORK OF GOD!!!

Dear friend,

Greetings to you in the name of our heavenly God. This mail might come to you
as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into
your mind; but please, consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep
sense of humility. My name is Kelly Abiodun. I?m a 55 years old man.

I am British living in Dubai (United Arab Emirate). I was a merchant and
owned two businesses in Dubai. I was also married with two children. My wife
and two children died in a car accident six years ago. Before this happened
my business and concern for making money was all I lived for. I never really
cared about other values in life. But since the loss of my family, I have
found a new desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans
in orphanage/ motherless homes. I have donated some money to orphans in
Sudan, South Af!rica, Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some
Asian countries. !Before I became ill, I kept $15 Million in a long-term
deposit account in a finance company .

Presently, I?m in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for
osephageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have
told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to see this
money distributed to charity organizations. Because relatives and friends
have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the
agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and the
interest accrued from the company and distributes it amongst charity
organizations. Use your judgment to distribute the money and feel free to
reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you incur during the
process of collecting and distributing the money to charity organizations. I?m
willing to offer you a ! reward If you are willing to help: contact Mr.
Abiodun kelly Via Reply to Email: abiodunkelly001@khalsa.my

May the good Lord bless you and your family.

Regards,
Kelly Abiodun.

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