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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: Nafi Zongo <nafizongo23@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:07:56 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello Friend,


Hello Friend,

Please accept my sincere apologies for the upset. I am Dr. Nafi Zongo,from  Burkina Faso, I am a lawyer by profession. I am requesting your strictest confidentiality in the amount of the proposed business value (US $ 6, 500, 000. 00) CEIS milion, quientos thousand US dollars deposited in (AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB).), One of the leading banks here in Burkina Faso for a deceased rebel (in-law) who died in 2011 the political crisis in Libya.

First, after finding the documents relating to the deposition of the above sum, I got in touch with banking transactions for possible agreements on how the funds should be transferred to your account, providing all requested documentation to facilitate the process of transfer.

Obviously that did not conosemos, but I hope you will not betray the trust I am about to impose on you after the bank to release the money to you? It also agreed that the satisfaction of this business, you will be entitled to 40% of total funds for your help. Finally, so I send you more details on this transaction, you should respond immediately with your private detailed information, also the phone number to facilitate communication if you are interested.

 I am waiting for your urgent respond to enable us proceed further for the transfer.
 Yours faithfully,
Dr Nafi Zongo.


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