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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 Emmanuel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edankwa28@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:29:18 +0200
Subject: I wait for your urgent reply

Dear Friend,

I am Engineer Emmanuel Dankwa, Assistant Director of Ghana Civil Aviation Authority), and also the chairman of the committee that vetted the various bids submitted by various contracting firms for the expansion project of all the International Airports in the Republic of Ghana.

The eventual winners of the bid and executors of the projects had an agreement with me, to inflate the contract/project cost to the tune of US$28.5 Million Dollars (Twenty Eight Million Five Hundred United State Dollars) as my gratification for assisting them win the right of execution of these contracts/projects. The contractor had since completed the contract, and job-completion certificate duly awarded to them. Furthermore, their payment has also been fully made to them leaving behind the sum of US$28.5 Million Dollars meant for my gratification which was packaged as family treasures and deposited in one of the security companies here in my country Ghana.

Therefore, I need your assistance as a foreigner to cooperate with me and front yourself as next of kin to the depositor of these luggage’s and claim them from the security company where they are deposited and take 40% as your reward plus cost.

Should you be interested, kindly indicate by forwarding to me the below information:
Full Name: ............................
Contact Address: ..................
Direct Telephone Number: .................
Age: ....................................................
Occupation and Position: ...................
Marriage Status: .................................
Gender: ..............................................
A copy of your I.D: ...........................

I shall provide you with more details and relevant documents as soon as I receive the above requested information from you.

Yours Faithfully,
Emmanuel Dankwa.

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