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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: nnamdi chimera <nnamdi_chimera@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:36:34 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Request for Assistance! Hans V.D Kolk


From:Mr Nnamdi Chimera(Regional Director)
Guaranteed Trust Security Company Sarl
Lome-Togo.

Subject:Request for Assistance!


ATTENTION PLEASE

I wish this my proposal will not come to you as a surprise. I am Mr Nnamdi Chimera, a Regional Director with Guaranteed Trust Security Company Sarl with regional office in Lome-Togo.

We had a foreign client (Mohamed Mohd Salaheldin)who deposited a huge sum of amount, US$20.5million(twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with our Company.

Unfortunately,this client was among the victims of EGYPTAIR FLIGHT NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999in U.S.A,However, they were given a ceremonial mass burial near the crash site.
Confirmable from the below websites:
www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
www.fas.org/irp/news/1999/10/
www.ntsb.gov/events/EA990/default.htm

But, since then we have not had any body to come for the claims as the next of kin. A sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the Company.

Now, having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before his death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past two years plus, I have removed the file to my "private vault".

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the funds to his account. This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal documentations would be handled by me and every loop holes sealed off.

I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and I will furnish you with the full details and what to do concerning this deal. What you stand to gain(%)would be discussed and it is negotiable before the deal commences.

Believing to hear from you soonest.

Kind regards,
Mr. Nnamdi Chimera.






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