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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: hope kipkalya <hopekipkalya002@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hope.kipkalya10@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:03:47 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Dearly beloved,


  Dearly beloved,
    Greetings to you.
 
    Sorry for taking your little time, it is true we have not seen each other for the first time but my present situation made me to contact you for an urgent assistance in which I believe that you will not let down this trust and confidence that I’m about to repose on you.
 
    My name is Mrs ALIMA BUBA  I am the Wife of late Mr. Robert BUBA  a former known business Merchant based in Ivory Coast before his death, maybe you might have heard about my late husband and his business empire.
 
      My husband was poisoned by his business associate in one of their outings on a business discussion. Before the death of my husband in a private hospital where he was admitted, he called me secretly on his bed side and told me about his deposit of a  the sum of $15.500.000 ( Fifteen Million Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars) and 5kilos of 22 carat GOLD  in a  Security house in Burkina Faso.
 
    My husband advice me that I should search for a reliable foreigner who can assist me to transfer this money for investment and help me to get out of this place for my safety Therefore my reason of writing to you is to solicit for your assistance, I want to use you as a capable hand to transfer this money to your country where you will invest the money for me in Real Estate, Hotel or any lucrative business.
 
   Presently am in the refuge cam in Burkina Faso as my husbands business partner is trying to kill me Please this is a very serious matter and I want you to treat as urgent, if you can sincerely and confidentially assist me kindly reply my mail with your full contacts in formations to enable me to forward all the details to you and also we will discuss about your interest.
 
    I am waiting for your urgent reply.
 
    My regards
    Mrs ALIMA BUBA



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