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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: "Engr Andrew L Yakubu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <engrandrew_yakubu@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 16:24:42 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

Dear Friend,

I got your contact address and necessary information about you from an international business directory. I therefore picked a keen interest in its information and decided to request for a business relationship with you. Briefly, may I take this opportunity to introduce myself; I am a Principal Accountant of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

I am privileged to be the chairman of the contract review committee set-up by the present civilian government to audit and review payment of foreign contractors ,Subsequently an international audit was carried out with the Nigerian National petroleum Corporation (NNPC) only to discover the sum of Thirty Eight Million Six Hundred and Fourty Thousand Two Hundred United States dollar only (US$38,640,200.00) in their account as an unclaimed payment due to a foreign contractor. This indeed represents 10% of the total contract value demand by the contract award committee of the NNPC from the foreign contractors. I informed the Director-General whose duty is to oversee daily activities of the corporation.

I asked the Director-General of his opinion over the discovered fund and he said i should use my position as the chairman of the federal contract review committee, to source for a trustworthy foreigner whose account can be used to claim this fund for our collective interest abroad.

Now,all we need is a trustworthy person and honest partner whom we can use his company or individual account to get this outstanding fund remitted overseas. This is a life time opportunity considering the economic problem in Nigeria and overseas and we cannot afford to let it go. We therefore, request you to act on our behalf as the ghost contractor to ensure the success of this transaction.

As a matter of fact, all modalities for the successful transfer of this money have been worked out the present civilian government has approved the payment of all out standing foreign contractors payment plus this (US$38,640.200.00) Thirty Eight Million Six Hundred and Fourty Thousand Two Hundred United States dollar only as outstanding .

So, if this transaction attracts your interest, then at the successful conclusion, 30% of the total fund will be given to you as your share for presenting your account while 60% goes to we the officials and the remaining 10% has been mapped out to cover all expenses that might be incurred by both parties during the course of this transaction.

Please include in your reply the following:

1. Your Name, Address, Phone and Fax numbers, for easy communication. Please contact me immediately you receive this mail, so that I can update you accordingly with the detailed information about my next line of action.

This offer that I make to you is based on utmost good faith. It could jeopardise my position in the office if, you expose the secret of this project to any group of people or persons.

Therefore without missing a word, I rely on you for utmost confidentiality on every bit of details relating to this deal.

We look forward to receiving a favourable response from you today.

Yours Faithfully,

Engr Andrew Laah Yakubu.
(Group Managing Director,
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC).

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