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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: Estelle Daniel <est_dnl@ymail.com>
Reply-To: estl_dnl@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:47:00 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Greetings




I greet you in the name of our lord.Before I will go on I will like to introduce my self to you.I am Estelle Daniel from Cote d'Ivoire in west Africa i am 19 years old girl.I am the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs Daniel.



My mother was killed during the civil war in the year 2002 when i was still small.Since then my father did not marry again.My father was working with Bellier cement company here in my country.He was appointed the managing director of the company in the year 2005.Due to the appointment his fellow colleagues were not happy with his appointment as the general managing director of the company.He was poisoned by one of his colleagues because of envy.



During his sick time he called me as his only daughter and he explained every thing to me.He told me to be careful with his friends because they are responsible for his sickness. He told me of all his assets.He explained to me that he deposited some money in one the financial institutions the sum of $12,000.000.00.He advised me that i should choose any country of my choice and look for a very honest person who will help me claim the money and also help me invest it very well for my future.



That is the reason i have contacted you according to the instruction of my late father so that you can help me receive the money and also help me to invest in your country.I want to complete my education by your help because education is my right as a child.





Dear i want to let you know that you are the only one that knows about this because my uncle is very greedy. That is the reason i want you to keep it secret between me and you so that no body will hear about it until when the money will be successfully transferred in your country.



I want to invest this money in your business and also I want to invest some money in orphanage homes for the work of God according to the instruction of my late father so that his wish will be completed because he told me that his spirit will rest in peace if I can manage and maintain his words of advise to me.



I will also like to let you know of my present condition with my uncle.After the death of my father my uncle claimed all my late fathers properties because my father did not have a male child.They stopped me from going to school.Right now as I am talking to you I am no longer in my father's house because of fear of being hurt by my wicked uncle.



I am seriously in need of your help because what I am passing through presently is very humiliating because of the attitude of my wicked uncle and his family.Please for the sake of God i am seriously in need of your help because Right now my uncle is tracing me so that he can claim the money.I will tell you more about this in my next mail as you are willing to help out.



May our good lord bless you and your family for your kind help to me as an orphan.



Thank you and God bless you.



Best Regards,

Estelle Daniel.

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