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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: didier kone <didier_70kone@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:54:34 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: I WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP .


BANK OF AFRICA
AGENCE SAN PEDRO
14 BP 1210 San Pedro 14
Cote D'Ivoire-West Africa.

Dear Sir,

I am Mr.Didier Kone,an accountant of auditing and accounting section of Bank of Africa in Cote D'Ivoire.With due respect and regard I wish to seek your urgent assistance to transfer the sum of (U.S.10.5 MILLION DOLLARS)TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS from the above mentioned bank. This money belongs to one of our customers,(Robert Rice ) who died in a plane crash with his wife and the fund has been lying dormant with the bank with out any claim,either from his family or relation up to date.
I am contacting you to act as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased.There is no risk in this transaction,as all loope holes has been taken care of,and all necessary informations as regards to this fund have been secured.
Be notified that I am still working with the bank and it's only me and my colleagues that are aware of this development,thus treat this proposal as confidential and secret for our security.
I have served the bank faithfully for good number of years and 'am presently preparing for my retirement therefore,I see this as a golden opportunity to be comfortable in life after retirement.
As soon as this fund is secured into your account,I will come over for the collection of our due share.

The sharing mod is as follows:25% for you the account owner,75% for me and my colleagues ,while 10% will be set aside for expensis made during the transaction.

For prove , here is WEB SITE OF PLANE CRASH;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Looking foward to hearing from you.
My regards,
Mr.Didier Kone



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