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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: "Williams Bukas" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <badrig@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 17:10:00 -0700
Subject: Your Letter

From: DR WILLIAMS BUKAS.
Email: wilbukas@protonmail.com


My Dear,


My name is Dr. Williams Bukas, I am the director of auditing and accounting Unit of this Commercial bank.


In course of the auditing of the accounts and records of this bank, We discovered the sum of US$40,500,000,00(Forty Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) only, belonging to a deceased customer of the bank.

The Deceased DR.JANEWY died in the plane crash of Korean Air Line, flight number 801 on 6th of August 1997. All efforts to trace any of his next of Kin has not been successesful(use http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list)



The money in question has been lying fallow and dormant since 1997.


In lieu of the aforementioned, I and my colleagues are contacting you to stand as the Next of Kin to Late DR. JANEWY and to assist us to receive the fund in your country.We have done our home work perfectly well for a hitch free transaction and all the documentations that will prove the authenticity of the fund will be legitimately secured.There is no risk attached to this transaction.

The fund is now ready for transfer to a foreign bank account, hence we are contacting you to stand as the Next of Kin to the deceased customer of the bank.

If the Fund is not claimed by the end of next quarter, the fund will be confiscated in line with the Finance and Monetary Edict Act of 1979.

We have agreed to compensate you with 30% of the fund while 70%will be I and my colleagues. .

This transaction is billed to last within 14 bank working days with your utmost co-corporation and constant contact.


I am looking forward to receiving your interesting response on this project, as this will greatly enrich the both of us at the end. You should contact me through my private email address

Best Regard,


Dr.William Bukas

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