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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 David Wallace" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <official.file001@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 16:39:13 +0200
Subject: Hello

OTP BANK LONDON (FOREIGN OPERATSION DEPARTMENT)
379 North Circular Road,Palmers Green London N13 5UU


Dear Sir,



I am Mr. David Wallace, Branch Manager of OTP Bank Plc, London England . I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you, During my audit exercise in my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $48,500,000.00 (Fourty Eight million Five hundred thousand United States) in an account that belongs to one of our late customers a German estate tycoon (Christian G.Eich) who died along with his wife and entire family on 25th July, 2000, Air France Concorde flight 4590 plane crash. Before his death made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for Twenty four calendar months. Valued at US$48,500,000.00 (Forty-Eight Million five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) in my branch upon maturity.

I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers the Elton Oil that Christian G. Eich died on Air France Concorde flight 4590 plane crash. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making "WILL", and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that he did not declaring any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$48,500,000 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Great Britain Law, at the expiration of 10 (Ten) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to act as the next of kin to Christian G. Eich so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not lost forever or seized.

This transaction is very simple and 100% risk free, therefore I will like you to provide immediately your full name and address email and fax number so that an Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits, which will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the service of an Attorney for drafting securing affidavit of claim in your name upon your response to this email.

A Bank Account in any part of the world, which you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your Account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 30% for you and 10% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring the money.

I look forward to your earliest reply by email d.wallace@sify.com

Yours Truly.


Mr David Wallace
Branch Manager.
NB: TO READ MORE ABOUT Christian G.Eich GO TO : Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

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