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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: "DR J J BISHOB" <bishob_j@walla.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:49:33 +0530
Subject: lets be a partner

DR J.J. BISHOB
CONFIDENTIAL
ATTENTION SIR/MADAM
IAM DR.J.J.BISHOB, A BRITISH ADVISER TO MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY OF RUSSIA AND OWNER OF RUSSIAN LARGEST OIL COMPANY (YUKOS OIL) AND THE C.E.O (Chief Executive Officer) OF MENATEP S.B.P BANK. I HAVE A PROFILING AMOUNT IN AN EXCESS OF (FIFTEEN FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS $55M US DOLLARS) WHICH I SEEK YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN ACCOMMODATING FOR US.
YOU WILL BE REWARDED WITH AN AGREED PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL SUM IF YOU ARE ABLE AND WILLING TO INVEST AND SAFEGUARD THESE FUNDS FOR US AS PROXY. CAN YOU BE MY PARTNER ON THIS? THE DOCUMENT OF THE FUNDS IN QUECTION WAS HANDED OVER TO ME FOR PAYMENT OF AN AMERICA OIL MERCHANT FOR HIS LAST DEALS WITH MIKHAIL KHORDORKOVSKY.
IT WILL INTREST YOU TO KNOW THAT THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED WITH A PRIME BANK IN EUROPE WHERE THE FINAL CREDITING IS EXPECTED TO BE CARRIED OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, MR. KHORDORKOVSKY GOT ARRESTED IN THE PROCESS FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT ON THE POLITICS IN FINANCING THE LEADING AND THE OPPOSING POLITICAL PARTIES (THE UNION OF RIGHTFORCES LED BY BORIS NEMTSOV AND THE YABLOKO LIBERIAL/SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LED BY GREGOR YAVLINSKY) WHICH POSES TREAT TO PRESIDENT VALDIMIR PUTTIN IN SECOND TENURE AS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT.
YOU CAN HAVE MORE OF THIS STORY ON THIS NEWS BBC.CO.UK/1/H1BUSINESS/3213505,STM-37K-21SEP2004. ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO RECIEVE THE FUND ON MY BEHALF AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS AND I WILL ARRANGE FOR THE DOCUMENTATION WHICH WILL ENABLE THE BANK IN EUROPE TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OR WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENT TO MOVE IT IN CASH THROUGH DIPLOMATIC MEANS TO YOU.
I HAVE DECIDED TO USE THIS FUNDS TO RELOCATE TO AMERICA CONTINENT AND NEVER TO BE CONCLUDED WITHIN THE SHORT TEST POSSIBLE TIME BEFORE MR MIKHAIL KHORDORKOVSKY IS OUT ON BAIL. PLEASE FOR SECURITY REASONS I WOULD WANT OUR COMUNICATION TO BE THROUGH EMAIL. LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR FAVOURABLE RESPONSE AND CONTACTS DETAILS.
REGARDS
DR J.J BISHOB


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