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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: "suzzykelvin8@zipmail.com.br" <suzzykelvin8@zipmail.com.br>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 23:32:06 -0300
Subject: Re: Re VERY URGENT

Dear Friend, Greetings to you.

    It is true that we have not met before; Believe me you are the only person that i am sending this letter. Kindly read it carefully and get back to me. I will send you every contact details,   My name is Suzzy Kelvin, 23 years old from Cote D' Ivoire. I was browsing through your profile and i am glad to contact you. I am a victim of that 2010/2011 political war in my country because our entire town was destroyed by the opposition leader which resulted to the death of all my family members including my parents.

    As a result of that i ran into a UN/france refugee camp to safe my live.

    Before the death of my father on 29th June 2011 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me to his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $2.3M USD kept in a Bank. He used my name as next of kin and not the beneficiary but due to our political status and the nature of deposit I c annot serv e as the beneficiary, the beneficiary must be my father's business partner abroad or a family friend appointed by me.

    He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purposes and some part to help charity organizations.
    This is the reason why I have contacted you to assist me in this manner to contact the Bank as my late father's business partner or as my family friend who wants to assist me to claim the funds.

     So please,bear in my that you are the only person i ever tell about the funds and myself. please promise me you will keep all secret.

    Also as soon as the transfer is made, you will make arrangements for me to come over to your country to continue my education, and to invest in a business that you shall suggest.
    Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as Compensation for your effort/input after the succaessful transfer of this fund to your country.


    Waiting to hear from you soon as to forward you the contact information of the Bank which my late father gave me for you to make inquiry with them.        
            my email is (slk41@live.fr)


                     Miss Suzzy.

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