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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: Gina Elizerbet <gina_e9@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <gina_elizerbet@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:05:00 +0000
Subject: Re.CONFIDENTIAL



Hi,
How are you today? I was convince within my heart that i can trust you but my only fear now is that i hope and pray you beleive what i have to tell you. I am Gina, i am 19, and my brother is only 12yrs. My mother was an African American while my father was from the french speaking colony of Cote D' Ivoire, i was living with my mother not too far from Charleston building, 601 57th Street, Charleston West Virginia USA. And i attended Charleston senior High School, 1201 Washington Street E, Charleston, WV. I lost my mother sometimes ago and after her death i came to meet my father and my brother for the very first time in Cote d' Ivoire, though my father was also living in the state before he relocated back to Cote d' Ivoire to set up a business. Exactely two months and one week after i came to meet my father with the help of US consulates he died, he was very sick when i came to meet him.But before his death there were some document he gave to me and he told me that everything he had worked for in his life time is in the document.When i crosscheck it i discovered that my late father deposited some amount of money in a leading bank which he used my name as the next of kin.The amount in question is $5.7M(Five Million seven Hundred Thousand Dollars)Dear one,the reason i am telling you is that i am just a girl and there is little or nothing me and my younger brother could do on our own, and again if my late father relative find out that my late father left that kind of money in my care i don't know what they might do to us. we have gone to the bank and verify this deposit with them and we have write an application of release to the bank, which they have agreed and that is why we need your urgent assistant for immediate transfer of this money to your country, and from it you can send some money for me and my brother to get our travelling documents and air ticket to come over. Please write me immediately after you must have gone through my message fill free and make it urgent.Try and negotiate for me some profitable bluechip investment opportunities which is risky free which I can invest with this money when it is transferred to your account, personally I am interested in estatemanagement and hotel business,please advise me. Am requested for your trust and understanding because it might sound unbeleivable but it is the truth.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest.SincerelyGina and Martin Mokoba.
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