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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: Makary Makary <mmakary@email.ro>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 23:36:16 +0300
Subject: God be with you.



Hello,

My name is DAVID ELLIS, a nationality of United Kingdom,I
have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .It has defiled all
forms of medical treatment, andright now I have only about a few months
to live, according to medical experts.I have not particularly lived my
life so well, as I never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my
business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always
hostile to people and onlyfocused on my business as that was the only
thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is
more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the
world.I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world
I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it.

Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property
and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few
close friends.I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul
so, I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want
this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have
distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Somalia and
Malaysia.
Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself
anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts
and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in
Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to
themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be
ontended with what I have left for them. The last of my money which no
one knows of is the huge cash deposit of Twenty Eight Million
dollars($28,000,000,00) that I have with a finance/Security Company
abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and despatch it
to charity organizations.


I have set aside 20% for you and for your time.

God be with you.


DAVID ELLIS





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