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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: Brian Joffe <brianjoffe253@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Brian Joffe <brian_joffe@yahoo.co.za>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 08:32:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Confidential

Please I need your help!

I am contacting you based on trust, please can you assist me transact a confidential business deal. My name is Mr. Brian Joffe the CEO of Bidvest bank South Africa. There is a dormant account in our bank that contains $20.2 million USD and the owner is late he died many years ago and by the end of this year our bank will take possession of this huge money but I want to seize this opportunity to transfer it outside this country before they can take possession of it. I will tell you what to do and present you as the next of kin so that this money can be transferred to your account and afterwards I shall visit your country and give you 20% of the entire money for assisting me. Please kindly help me achieve my long awaited plan.

As I stated above, this transaction is strictly confidential and if your faith does not permit this kind of deal/transaction, kindly indicate and do not take any action against me. Your replies can be directed to my private email for security purposes: brian_joffe@yahoo.co.za

Thanks,

Mr. Brian Joffe
CEO Bidvest Group

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