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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: "RICHARD KABALU" <zarabdulmommed@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:21:43 +0900
Subject: salaam alaikum



Its a pleasure to sent you this message, My name is Mr Richard Kabalu. a
Banker and accountant with our bank here in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire west
Africa I am the account manager in a branch to Eng. John Gordon, a
nationality of your country, who used to work with an oil servicing
company here in Cote d’Ivoire.

Client, his wife, and their two children were On the 21st of April 2007
involved in a car accident along Yamussokro express Road here in Cote
d’Ivoire West Africa All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their
lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate
any of my clients extended relatives but has been unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over
to contact to see if I could locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you. Of particular interest is this huge deposit with our bank
here in, where the deceased has an account valued at about ($4.5 million
US dollars).They have issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or the
bank will declare the account unserviceable and thereby send the funds to
the bank treasury.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over last 2
years now, I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of
this account valued at $4.5 million US dollars(Four Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars Only) can be Transfer to your account and then you and I
can share the money, and I propose a 30% spilt at the end of the
transaction.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. In your
reply mail, I want you to give me your full names, address, telephone If
you can handle this with me.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Richard Kabalu





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