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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: patrick_diallo@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 04:36:53 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20NEED=20YOUR=20ASSISTANCE?=

Dear Friend,

I am Barr.Patrick Diallo, solicitor and notary
public.On the 21st of April 2002,my client, his wife
and their only son were involved in a car accident
along Accra / Kumasi express road. Unfortunately they
all lost their lives in the event of the accident,
since then i have made several enquiries to locate
any of my clients extendedrelatives and this has also
proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided
to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate
any member of his family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you.I contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money and property left behind before
they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where my client lodge these huge
deposits.Particularly, the bank where the deceased had
an account valued at about U.S$28.3 million U.S
dollars. Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within a short time.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over some years now,I seek your consent
to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you share the same surname so that the proceeds
of the account valued at U.S$28.3 million can be paid
to you for both of us to share the funds; 50% to me
and 45% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax
as your government may require. I have all necessary
legal documents that can be used to backup the
claim.All I require is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.Please get in touch with me to
enable us discuss further.

Thanks for your kind co-operation
Barr.Patrick Diallo





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