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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: "Samuel Tunde" <samueltunde1@cantv.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:02:17 -0430
Subject: From Mr. Samuel Tunde / Confidential and URGENT ATTENTION

NB: LA CONTENU DE CETTE MESSAGE POURRA ETRE TRADUITE EN FRANCAISE SI VOUS NE COMPREND PAS ANGLE

Good day ,

My name is Tunde Samuel, Director of the Informatics Department of African Development Bank here in Cote d'Ivoire and the personal account manager of engineer John Williams a foreigner who worked in collaboration with an oil companies here in Cote d Ivory. My client, his wife and three children all died in a plane crash in January 2000 with the Kenya Airways crash that left no survivors. Since that time there is know one who came up for claims of the $ 5.200.000.00 (five million two hundred thousand U.S. dollars) deposited in our bank. Meanwhile the banking regulations in my country stipulate that if such amount remains without claim after a period of 10 years, this money must be transferred to the government treasury. This is to ensure that this fund is not claimed by the Ivorian government that I have decided to seek a foreign partner to cooperate with me to recover this money. I'll introduce you as the relative and beneficiary of the deposit because I was instructed by the authority of my bank to find a family member or beneficiary to inform them of the existence of this deposit. I contacted you because I could not find anyone after my research, to recover these funds.

All I want from you is to be honest and cooperative with me so that we can claim this fortune, I guarantee you that we will treat this matter with solid arrangements to avoid getting into trouble with the law. I suggest 50% for each. If you can handle this transaction with me, please response immediately by sending:

1. Your name and address, 2. Phone and fax number, 3. Occupation, 4. Nationality

Thank  you in advance as i wait your response. respond to Email: samueltunde@cantv.net or call Tel: 0022508203509

Mr. Samuel Tunde

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