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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: "Mr.Gill Morris" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gillmorris01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:05:43 -0000
Subject: Anticipating your immediate response.

Hello Dear,

Please let this proposal not come to you as a surprise, because we haven't meet before. I got your contact information from a web directory. I decided to contact you on this business opportunity. My name is Mr. Gill Morris, I'm an employee of Bank of China (UK) London .I am an account officer to Mr. Rafik Hariri, Born in Lebanon in 1944, and the late Rafik Hariri was a Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon, and was five times Prime Minister of Lebanon. You can view this site for confirmation.
http://www.rhariri.com/general.aspx?pagecontent=biography

The British Government is already working with some NGO'S through the unclaimed Assets Register, to confiscate and divert unclaimed depositor's funds to help the bad economy. Read this article below: http://www.unclaimedassets.co.uk/trace_forgotten_funds.htm

This particular case involves a customer in my bank Mr. Rafik Hariri, which i already told you about and also the circumstances surrounding huge deposits of G.B.P made by this customer at the Private Banking arm of Bank of China (UK).This customer died in testate and nominated no successor in title over the huge deposits of (36, 759 000.00 million British Pounds).

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this email private and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this email. I'm contacting you independently of our investigation and no one is informed of this communication between you and me. I would like to intimate you with facts that I believe would be of interest to you. I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. I assure you that I can have the deposit released to you within few days once you accept this proposal. Upon receipt of the deposit, I'm prepared to share the money with you 50/50. I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive.

I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, for once; I have found myself in total control of my destiny. Moreover, my 12 yrs old daughter, my only child, is suffering from Leukemia and she needs an urgent bone marrow surgery in California as advised by my family doctor and that is why I’m eager to utilize this opportunity since our family doctor has given my daughter just three months to live.

Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, I shall furnish you with the details of your role in this transaction.

Anticipating your immediate response.

Regards,
Mr. Gill Morris.

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