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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: "paul oga" <pauloga01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pauloga@sify.com
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 04:59:17 +0100
Subject: Attention

Attention

Dear Sir\Madam,

I am the chairman of the members of the Contract Payment Review Panel and
executive director of

projects and engineering of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources
Nigeria, I am in search of

an agent to assist us in receiving the sum of twenty eight million dollars
($28M) remitted by Key

Tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank you will provide and
subsequently invest the funds in properties, agriculture or in any other
lucrative venture in your country You shall take

25% of the total amount for assisting me. If you are interested to assist me
in this regard, You

should please email me through my private mail account and supply me with
the following

particulars:

1Your full name and address.
2Your company name and address(if any).
3Telephone and fax numbers.

so we can discuss the details of this transaction. Note that your area of
specialisation is not

relevant for the successful execution of this transaction.

I await your reply to this mutually beneficial transaction.

Best wishes,

Engr.Paul Oga.


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