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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: "Mr. Ahmad Yousef" <a_hmadousea08@msn.com>
Reply-To: <ahmadusea@live.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:08:10 +0000
Subject: Investment Deal



(Re: Transfer of $25,000,000.00)
(Twenty Five Million USD)
Email: ahmadousse01@jmail.co.za

Good Day My Dear ,
I am Mr.Ahmad Yousef, the Senior & Auditor General of a Bank, during the course of our auditing, I discovered a
floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 2000 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account again.

After going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir] hence
the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this
account is a foreigner, a miner and an industrialist. He made millions of dollars before he died victoriously .Since DEC
26 2003 website details as follow: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200312/s1016642.htm
and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it.

My investigation proved to me that the account has no other beneficiary and that until his death he was the manager
director of aluminium & steel industries (PTY). SA. We will start the transfer with the total sum involved {twenty Five
million dollars [$25,000,000.00 only, into your account, as a safe foreigners bank account abroad, but I don't know any
foreigner abroad that's why I have contacted you to bear the legal sole beneficiary of the fund.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business. Also send your private
telephone number and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. I need your strong
assurance that you will never let me down in this business proposition.

With my influence and the position in the bank, as an official whom is working in our favour we can transfer this money
to any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my
physical arrival in your country for sharing.

The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately you receive this fund leaving and they will be no
trace to any place and to build confidence you can wrote immediately to discuss with me the modalities,after I will
make this remittance in your presented account and fix my resign date, to fly down to your country at least 7 days
ahead of the fund transferred and confirm into the account.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 45% of the total amount, 50% will be for me, while 5% will be for
expenses might have incurred during the process of transferring. Reply to my private mail, ahmadousse01@jmail.co.za

I am waiting for your reply.
Best Regards,
Mr. Ahmad Yousef

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