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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: gidado_associates@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 15:20:19 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTN=3ASIR?=

ATTN:sir


I am Barrister Abba Gidado, an International Legal Practitioner and a Consultant
based in Cotonou, Republic of Benin . I have a client (a widow)
she has USDM10,500,000with a finance company here in Cotonou, Republic du
Benin ,she also has a security
deposit of 600kg unrefined Au Gold dust and 5500Carats of rough cut Diamonds
with another Security company in Accra, Ghana for
safe keeping only. She wishes to invest the money in a stable economy.

Her interest is in companies with potentials for rapid growth in long terms.
My client is interested in placing part of her fund in your company,if your
country's bilaws allows foreign investment.

You can contact me for more details via my e-mail address with your
reference.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Abba Gidado.
Abba Gidado & Associates
Cotonou, Republic du Benin
Tel: + 229 56 74 12
NB: The fund is free from drug and laundering related offences.
contact address abba2gidado@yahoo.co.uk




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