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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "David George" <info_dave1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: davidgeorge_1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:09:35 -0900
Subject: Letter of Business Proposal


From: The Desk of the David George
The former Personal Assistance to the
The General Manager of Standard Trust Bank (Nig) Plc
Email:
davidgeorge_1@yahoo.com
 
Dear Sir/Madam
Letter of Business Proposal
I am David George the former personal assistance to the General Manager of Standard Trust Bank (Nig) Plc. I want to inquire from you if you can handle this transaction for mutual benefits/life opportunity for you and me. (30% for you, 10% to cover any expenses that maybe incurred during the process of executing this deal and 60% percent for me.
The transaction is about assisting me as my foreign counterpart to enable us present you as the Beneficiary of the usd$4.5 million dollars left by our late deceased foreign customer who died in a plane crash with his family (Mr. Donald M. Harrison) since January 1998.
The Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, since the time the bank made a public notice that they are ready to release this fund to any of his relative abroad. I will give you more details about the transaction when I receive your affirmative response via my email address stated above.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
David George

 
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