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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. OLAREWAJU SULE AROGUNDADE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <olarewaju.arogundade@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 13:01:42 -0700
Subject: I expect your response.

Attention Dear,
My apologies in advance for contacting you in this manner, the need is extremely urgent and I have no other option available. I am the chief investigator and a member of the audit committee of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), explicitly designated with the responsibility to investigate recent contracts awarded by the Federal Ministry of Environment and provide:- oversight of the financial reporting process, the forensic audit process, the system of internal controls and compliance with laws and regulations. In the course of our duty, we discovered among other things, that the sum of $16,400,000.00 USD is floating in the account of the Federal Ministry of Environment at Central Bank of Nigeria unclaimed. After a more thorough investigation, we discovered that the amount was the result of an over-invoiced contract which was awarded in 2016. When contacted, the Chief Financial Officer of the Federal Ministry of Environment confessed in strict confidence that the over-invoicing of the origina
Please, open the links below to read some of our recent discoveries in the past few days which we made public to show that we are assiduously working in order to divert attention from any suspicion of our planned activity.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/223140-efcc-recovered-9-8million-yakubu-ex-nnpc-gmd-see-mountains-dollars.html
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/efcc-recovered-9-8million-yakubu-ex-nnpc-gmd/
http://punchng.com/153m-diezani-loot-efcc-set-declare-ex-nnpc-director-wanted/
http://punchng.com/20bn-nnpc-fraud-efcc-discovers-diezanis-37-5m-lagos-mansion/
Upon receipt of your reply confirming your interest in working with us on this project, we will discuss the terms of transaction and give you details as we have carefully worked out the  modalities for a safe transfer of the fund without putting any party in any kind of danger during and after the deal had been concluded.
My best personal wishes,
MR. OLAREWAJU SULE AROGUNDADE
No.5 Fomella Street, Off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent
Wuse II, Abuja Abuja, Nigeria.
Email: olarewaju.arogundade@yahoo.com

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