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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: "ROSELIN TURAY" <roselinturay2005@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 16:45:55 +0200
Subject: private and personal

How are you today , My Name is Roselin Turay and i got your contacts through your country Address Directory from your embassy here and i will like to tell you the following confidencial as trust-worthy person that I can reveal this to

For your information ,i will like to explain my situation here and my programmes of relocating to your country and I must not hesitate to confine in you for this simple and sincere transfer of my parent asset to your country as you know my late father was
commander and former chief security officer to the late major
Johnny Paul Koroma who was the former military head of the state of sierra-Leone and was board of director in the Minister of Mining in Sierra-Leone after the war
ended 1991/2002.

he have some personal effect assets deposited with a bank here in senegal , he deposited 450 kilogramm of 22 karat and of 95.5% purity,and 10.5 million USD. this is what he acquired during the Civil war in Sierra Leone.


In this respect am seeking your assistance in the following
ways:

(1) To assist me and stand as a link in transfering this assets and the fund to your country
(2).To serve as a trustee and assist me in investing the fund in your country.

(3).To make arrangement for me to come over to your country as an
investor and to secure Residence permit in your county.

Moreover I will like us to agree on what might be your compensation /
gratification for your effort input after the successful TRANSFER of the
FUNDS .i have all the legal document to cover the ASSETS deposited they are with me right now

In anticipation of your quick response and please let this be a confidencial beetween us
Regards
Miss Roselin Turay






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