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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: Loua Elizabeth <xxxxxxxxczdszxx@gmail.com>
Reply-To: louaelizabeth1@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 17:21:19 +0100
Subject: Hello

Dear,

Permit me to introduce myself to you, I am Mrs. Elizabeth Loua, am the
regional bank manager of Bank Of Africa Côte d'Ivoire. As the regional
bank manager of BOA, it's my duty to send a financial report to our
head office at the end of each year but in year 2017 report, i
discovered an excess profits of seventeen million united states dollar
which i have kept in suspense account without any beneficiary.That is
why am contacting you for us to work together to get the said fund
transfer to your bank account and the percentage ratio is forty
percent for you and sixty percent for me. All i need from you is to
stand as the depositor next of kin, so that our bank head office will
order the transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept this
offer to work with me, if you find this proposal suitable for you,
kindly reply for full details. I will appreciate it very much if this
proposal is acceptable by you but do not take undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed on you and I assure you that we shall achieve it
successfully.

Yours sincerely.

Mrs. Elizabeth Loua.

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