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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: mohammed113@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:43:30 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Classified=20Information?=



Dear Friend,

Sir,
I am Mohammed Abacha, the eldest son of the late president of Nigeria, i
was falsely accused of murder and as such was imprisoned, but thanks to
Allah, i have been released for my innocence. Well dear friend i need your
assistance in transferring some of my money into your account, because
the government is making plans to seize them,as they did to my fathers own.Please
view these site and read the content carefully.I can be reach altanatively
on this email address.(abamohammed1@yahoo.fr).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_741000/741506.stm

The amount is $52 million in a Security Abroad. All thatis needed is for
me to instruct the company to transfer the funds to your account,i will
remunerate you with 25% at the end, but most of all is that i solicit your
trust in this transaction. I have been confined only to Kano and all my
calls are monitored, So i will get my private lawyer to get you the needed

information?s as soon as i hear from you.

You can as well contact my lawyer on his email addres
(willaimscoker@yahoo.fr) and also his name is Dr Coker WILLIAMS telephone
number+ 229 950946, meanwhile the money is depossited in the republic of
Benin so please find it easy to reach with him.As he will direct you more
and updates you.He?s with all the documents that protect the money. Send
me your telephone and fax number, so that my lawyer can contact you directly.

Best Regards
Mohammed ABACHA .



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