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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:
Date:
Subject: From: Miss Emilie Ehnebel.

From: Miss Emilie Ehnebel.
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.


Attn; Please,

I say greetings to you in the blessed Almighty Name of God who made it possible for me to contact you in this manner.
It's also my humble prayer to God, that my letter will not have any effect on your daily schedule, please allow me to introduce myself to you before i forge ahead.
I am Miss Emilie Ehnebel, am 19 years from Republic of Gabon, l know it is difficult to understand and believe some body whom you have not seen before.
Please i need your help to save my life from been destroyed by my family members, My father is Dr Roland Ehnebel, was the former Mayor of Libreville in Republic of Gabon,(my country). my father has been in sick for some time, on 29 of June 2008 He died of hearth problem.
After the death of my father. My father's family members said that in tradition and culture of our people a woman has no right in her fathers property, that is only the male child can inherit the property of his father.
But in this case my father he has no male child, now all my father's property has been sized by them and the gave me a condition , saying it is they culture, I must stop going to school and get marred, and they are fussing me to be the third wife to a man that has two wives.
As i am talking to you now my father's family members have taking all that belong to my father and they do not know where i am now.
The only hope of life i have now is $9 million, my father deposited in a Security Company in Abidjan the Capital city of Republic of Ivory Coast. He concealed the money in a metallic box before depositing it to the Security Company under an agreement as a family valuables.
On the day of my father deposit the box he sign a contract agreements that box belong to his foreign partner but he did not write any name as his foreign partner, so i want you to be my father's foreign partner so that the security company can release the box to you immidetly.
All i want you to do is to sand your information for the release of the box to you as my father's foreign partner,
(1) Your Full Name, (2) Your Privent Telephone and Fax Number, (3) The Full Name of your Country. All the Documents of the box are with me and can be sand to you on your request.
Thanks i will be waiting to hear from you.
Yours Sincerely
Miss Emilie Ehnebel

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