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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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Fraud email example:

From: johnolawale <johnolawale@telstra.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:18:26 -0800
Subject: GOOD BUSINESS AND URGENT


Dear Sir,

My name is Engineer John Olawale. I am the Chairman, Contract Award and Payment Committee, Presidency-Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Sir, Even though we have not met or hardly known ourselves, but I have the pleasure of making this business deal to you. I am in the Contract Award/Payment office. Our duty in this office is to verify, authenticate and approve for payment all contractors that have executed contracts for the Federal Government between 1998 and 2003.

Meanwhile, one of the basic non-negotiable condition for paying such contractors is an evidence of proof of paying to the government the Education Tax fund without taking this amount from the contract amount or source by the Federal Government of Nigeria(it is so here). However, I found out that most contractors do not have the impetus or arsenal to make this upfront payment and as a result they abndon their payment claims. Now, apart from the above scenario, there is a particular client Mr. Steve Wallila from Ohio whose contract amounts and particulars are Contract#: FGN/FMWH-269/99, AMOUNT IS USs$75MILLION.

Unfortunately this man has passed on and without any known next of kin(that was after fruitless search to reach him). The idea now is that I want to use you as a front to collect this money(his contract payment) and we shall share it in a 50-50 ratio. For this to happen I am ready to finance and bankroll the Education tax fee which is 1% of the contract amount(i.e 1% of US$75million), using an American Investor. Nevertheless, to qualify for this deal you have to have the following: (a) A company bank account or any other account that has evidence of a regular and consistent transaction domicilled in America. (b) In addittion you must be transparent and honest.

Please, if this deal interests you, get in touch as we must consumate it in less than a week from the day you receive it. Note once again that you are not paying any upfront fees to me or anyone else, all expenses to be incured will be from my side.

Regards,

John Olawale

Please get back to me via my alternate email address:

olawalejohn01@yahoo.co.uk

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