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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: Dennis Bobby <dannisbobby@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:11:23 -0700
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Dear Sir/Madam

I got your contact, during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and
honest person to introduce this transfer Investment project with. My name
is Mr. Darko samuel. On November 2013, One Mr Hussien Omar from Iraq
National, an gold dealer. who runs gold business in Ghana to Asia, whom i
was accounting officer made a numbered time Deposit a truck box, valued at
USD$19,600,000.00 (Nineteen Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States
dollars) for twelve calendar months in our company.I am the Chief Security
officer crystal Trust financial company, First Light Kaneshie Accra Ghana.
I am a Ghanaian married with three kids. I am glad to hear you are from
such good country thanks. Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to
his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder
and finally we discovered that Mr. Hussien Omar from Iraq, his wife and
two children and wife's parents was died with his family in a bomb blast
in Iraq. My investigation proved that he died with his supposed next- of-
kin in the bomb blast. The truck box total sum, USD$19,600,000.00 is still
in our company and the demurrage is being rolled over with the principal
sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
Consequently, I shall present you to stand in as the next- of- kin to the
late Mr.Hussien Omar.Consequently, upon acceptance of this proposal, I will
give you detailed information on how this deal would be carried out.The
money will be shared in the ratio: (60%) for me, (35%) for you, the
remaining (5%) will be kept to recover any expenses made during the
process of the transfer into your account which include both our
telephone bills. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use
my position as the chief security of OPERATIONS' officer to secure
approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. I
want you to handle everything for me. I have the trust in you and I know
that you will not disappoint me; I don't need to know you for many years
to trust you. If you have an idea of what should be done to move the money
out of Africa, please tell me I need your seriousness and I have the
impression that you are a nice gentle person..
Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required.
On your reply include your
(1) Private telephone online number.......
(2)Your full address......
(3)Your full names.....
(4)You're E-mail........
(5)Your Occupation....

Awaiting your urgent reply through my private
E-mail:darkosamuel@hotmail.com
Best regards,
Mr. Darko

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