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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: "silas" <silasfrank@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: silasfrank@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:09:33 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT

Sir,



You may be surprised to receive my letter, however, I
have decided to contact you for confidential, Urgent
and rewarding joint business.

My name is MR silas frank , I was a Personal Assistant to the
Late Congo President, LAURENT KABILA, who was assasinated in February
2001 and my aim of writing to you is because of the need for a
trusted and honest person, who I can entrust the sum of
US$18,800,000(Eighteen million), eight hundred thousand US Dollars).

Source of the money: I and the late president secured
this money in a security firm in Ghana, in my name
before his death. Now that he is late, I want to
transfer the money out of Africa, for investment
in your country, I can not travel out of Nigeria where
I am on asylum, hence I am asking for your assistance
to have this money in your care pending when I will
secure travel documents to come over to your country.
If you accept this offer we shall share the money as
follows: for you, 20%, 80% for me. I have all the
title documents to the fund which I can transfer to
you to enable you have assess to it. Be assured that
is risk-free and legitimate. Please advise me on your position by e-mail

Immediately, indicating your phone and fax numbers.
Your quick response will be highly appreciated.



Regards.
MR silas frank.






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