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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. William Nkunene(admin@econosound.com.au)" <admin@econosound.com.au>
Reply-To: williamnkunene@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 08:06:40 +1100
Subject: I HOPE YOU RECEIVED MY EMAIL THIS TIME?




Good Day my good Friend,

I am Barrister William Nkunene, an investment advisory/Lawyer with KRAAMS
ATTORNEY I apologize for contacting you in this manner but the situation
at hand demands urgent attention from all presumed beneficiaries. There is
an unfinished business transaction with my late client Albert, who died in
a plane Crash, he left sum of One Hundred and Fifty Five Million United
States Dollars ($155,000,000.00) in his Bank account here in Johannesburg,
He was a CEO of an Oil and Gas company and have other business investment
here in Johannesburg, before his death in the year 2012.

I am aware that there is plan to return his fund to the government
treasury if nobody put up a claim. I want to present you as the
beneficiary of the deceased, And I will use my position and influence in
the bank to make sure they release this money to you for us to share it I
shall explain in details when I receive your reply, If you are interested
to work with me get back to me immediately for more details. i guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law.

Your Full Name:
Your Full Address:
You’re Telephone Number:
Your Mobile Number:
You’re Age:
You’re Occupation:
You’re Email:

Please get back to me urgently on receipt of this message; I can be
reached via the above number and email.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. William Nkunene
77 Grayston Drive, Sandton,
Johannesburg South Africa
Tel: +27 784928200
Email: williamnkunene@gmail.com




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