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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 Collin Boameu <Collinboameu@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: boameu.collin@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:37:49 +0100
Subject: My Greetings to you.

My Greetings to you. Accept my sincere apology for this unsolicited letter to you, I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust but you will realize the need for my action.My name is Mr Collin Boameu personal manager from one of the prime banks here in Ivory coast, I am writing to you in regards to my deceased client,Engr.Fadi Aboush an importer from Lebanon who lived here for eighteen years before he died along with his family during the Israeli–Palestinian fight on Aug 26, 2014.Before his death, he deposited the sum of (USD$85.5M) Eighty-Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only, with our bank here in Ivory coast. Our bank being aware of his sudden death , have mandated me as the personal account manager to present a memeber of his family (heir/inheritor)or next of kin to make Claims of the fund, otherwise it will be forfeited and reverts to the government treasury account, as unclaimed. This is because in accordance with the Ivory coastlaw, such fortune is automatically bequeathed to the government if there is noheir or next of kin to the deceased thatwould surface to claim the fortune. However, this law is unjust and in human as it often create an avenue for the top officials of some financial institutions to divert such fortunes for their own selfish use.On that ground, I decided to search for any of my late client's relative or foreign partner which has been proved abortive as he did not declare any next of kin, partner or relatives in the official paper , including the deposit certificate and did not make any will (en-state) with us. Against this backdrop, I decided to contact you to join me to put claims on this deposit before it`s forefeited to the authorities, my suggestion to you is that I will like to present you as the beneficiary to this deposit, since both of you are both foreign nationals, I know you may not in a anyway related to my late client Engr.Fadi Aboush but By virtue of my position as his personal account manager, I will now place your name as the next of kin/ foreign partner to my late client. I will prepare Text of application which you will fill and contact our bank for claim release of the fund to you without any breach of the law. Note, this transaction is 100% risk free, there is no single risk connected to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction successfully. This is a legitimate transaction and we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, 45% for you while remaining 5% for any expenses incurred during the cause of securing this deposit for further discussion on how to proceed. If you are interested,get back to me with the following details below. (1) your complete Name./Your age.............. (2)Sex........................ (3)Your occupation................. (4)Your marital status........... (5)Your country Name................ (6)Your full residential address....... (7)Your private phone and fax number............... (8)A copy of your int'l passport or ID card............ As soon as I receive these data's, I will forward to you the application form which you will send to the bank. Best Regards Mr Collin Boameu Email: boameu.collin@yahoo.com

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