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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: james bibiyo <w_bibiyo5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <w_bibiyo@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:11:11 +0100
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?



Dear friend,

Compliment of the season,

My name is James Bibiyo, the elder son of Mr. Smith Bibiyo. During the current crises against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers. My father was one of the big Tobacco farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the president’s political ideology, the president’s supporters invaded my father’s farm, burnt down everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds he sustained, he became sick and died after two days. And after his death, my mother and I with my brother and one of my sister decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives to South Africa. BUT, before he died he wrote his will, THAT HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF NINE MILLION DOLLARS($US9MILLION) he stated that we should look for a reliable foreign partner to assist us to transfer this money out of south Africa for investment purpose.
We are now living in South Africa as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS and the financial law of South Africa does not allow asylum seekers certain financial rights as such huge amount of money, any banking transaction even not allowed to take employment or to invest any amount of money in the Country. In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South Africa,the South Africa Foreign Investors Department(S.A.F.I.D.) does not allow refugees to own huge investment as we are residing here under the United Nations asylum protection hence I am asking you to assist us airlift this money out of South Africa for investment purposes.
Best regards,
Mr James Bibiyo

FOR MORE UNDERSTANDING ON THIS ISSUE PLEASE VIEW THESEWEB SITES BELOW: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4665854.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4416820.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4675140.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3017678.stm
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