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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: Azziz Ahmed <azzizahemd11@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 17:08:53 -0700
Subject: urgent

Hi dear,

I have been trying to chat with you but work has never permitted me.
As a United States army Commanding General, I have lot of things
surrounding me here in Afghanistan.

I assumed duties as the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, March, 8,
2013. Please pardon me for been too forward. During my 504th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, I was introduced to Ghanaian Agro Mining Company in
Africa where they produce gold and other minerals resources by Dr.
Kofi Atta Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh
Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1 January 1997 to 31
December 2006.

I made a deposit of 219kilograms of alluvial pure gold under the UN
Special delivery warehouse in Ghana and ever since the deposit, I have
not been in Ghana and today, the company has reported that the deposit
agreement has reached the maturity date meaning that I have to come
forward for the renewal. In spite of my position as a General, I still
have to respect their company code of conduct which I must go there or
have someone received the items for me.

The reason I contacted you is because I cannot travel to Africa for
the renewal of the deposit agreement unless I have an assignment
there. I have already instructed UN Office in Ghana that I will be
sending some dear to me for the claim on my behalf. I want to know if
you can assist me so that I would forward my ID and also the documents
to you so that you would use it to contact the office on my behalf for
the delivery of the items to you before it would get confiscated by
the UN.

Get back to me as soon as possible because itâs very urgent hence I
contacted you.

Thank you,
General John Francis Campbell.
please contact me on this email address:(gen.john.francis.campbell1@gmail.com)

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