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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: "Joao Savimbi" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:45:27 +0800
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP

Good Day

I got your contact through an email directory and decided to contact you for assistance. I am the first son of Jonas Savimbi, the UNITA rebel leader in Angola who was shot dead on the 25th of February 2002, by the opposing Angolan Army. Before the death of my father, he deposited the sum of

Eighteen million dollars ($18,000, 000.00) only in a finance/Security Company in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. My father handed all the legal documents for the deposit to me in trust and for safekeeping for the family. Also, after the death of my father, my family and I fled to South Africa where we are currently living in a political asylum home.

However, the recent development of xenophobia in Durban South Africa made my mother and the rest of our family that i should fly down to Malaysia and make an urgent arrangement with someone who can help us to invest the funds abroad and we will come over to settle in his country since South Africa is no longer safe for us to stay. Please view this for your perusal; Xenophobic attacks spark South African response


Xenophobic attacks spark South African ...

Please, take a look at this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/1839252.stm

So, I want you to help me make claims of this fund ($18M) from the Finance/Security Company in Malaysia as can come down to Malaysia and we meet face to face and arrange how you will open a domiciliary account in any of the existing banks there and transfer the funds as you will stand as my family Beneficiary and transfer the money to your nominated account or any preferred account of your choice before after the transfer I can then get our Visa for my old mother to fly down from South Africa to your country for mutual sharing and investment of the money. My family has agreed to give you 35% for your anticipated assistance and 60% would be for us (my family) and the remaining 5%would be set aside for any expenses that we may incur during the course of this transaction. My family share of 60%would be invested in your country in any profitable business proposed by you. We believed that we can only accept to work with you only when you can come down to Malaysia and see thing
s for yo
urself as seeing is belie

Best Regards,

Mr.Joao Savimbi.

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