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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: "FBN Contact" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbncontact_1969@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:39:24 +0100
Subject: Notification!!

TIMOTHY O. BOLADE
Head, General Services
First Bank of Nigerian Plc.
Please check http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15470556/

Dearest,

My name is Mr. Timothy O. Bolade, Head of General Services with First Bank of Nigerian Plc.
based in Nigeria. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our Financial Firm with
Deposit Code: XXMD-908-14-255-114 whose name is Eng. Ahmed Mohd Elshami, an
Egyptian citizen and a Federal Contractor with the Federal Governments of Nigeria and Egypt.

My client lost his life along with his wife, daughter and several others in a tragic air accident
in Abuja - Nigeria. Since the death of this customer, I personally have watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his
funds of US$25,500,000.00 (Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) which
has been with our branch for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no
one has come up as his next of kin. In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal
on my quest for a foreign business partner, who will be presented to the financial firm as the
next of kin to the deceased client to enable them release the fund in your favour.

For your assistant I am willing to give you 40% of the total amount, 10% to cover all expenses
and 50% for me and my family. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax the
letter of application which you will type sign and send to the First Bank of Nigerian Plc to
enable us start the processing of this claim. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
business is problem free process and shall be carried out under legitimate procedure without
breaching any of the International Law, in other words, you should not entertain any fear as
all modality for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized.

Please take note my wife is the only one that I have discussed this business with and we
both agreed to do it with you, I will give you more explanation on this transaction, feel free
to send email to me.

When you receive this letter, kindly send me an email for more explanation, please include
your private Tel/Fax numbers in your correspondence to facilitate communication.

Yours Sincerely,


TIMOTHY O. BOLADE
Head, General Services
First Bank of Nigerian Plc.
Please check http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15470556/

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