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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: Miss Grace Mamadou <gracemamadou@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 15:00:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Sincerely From Miss Grace......


 Dearest Good Day And Be Blessed,

Please Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you, my name is Grace Mamadou, the only daughter and the only child of late Mr. Festus Mamadou, I am 19 years old girl, My father was the former Director of Gold and Cotton productions and exportation in Burkina Faso Government.

Before the death of my father on 18th February 2011,He gave me a deposit document of the sum of ($3,000,000,00 Dollars), in words Three Million U.S Dollars)that he deposited in a bank here in Burkina Faso, he instructed me while on his sickbed to look for a foreign partner not from this country who will help me and transfer this money out of here and invest it for me in a good business, He let me understand that it was because of his position in Government that his Government associates planed and poised him on a business trip to France with them.

I have gone to the bank to claim my inheritance fund and the bank director told me that they can not release the fund to me onless i present a trustee to the bank who will stand before at the bank to claim my inheritance fund that is an Instruction that my father gave to the bank before he died. I am now contacting you here with all trust and all my heart to help me transfer this my inheritance fund to your country and help me come over to your country to continue my School because my wicked uncle who planed and kill my father is trying to take this my inheritance fund out from me, please help me out is very urgent to me please consider me.

I hope you will not betray the trust I have on you? because this money is my only hope in life, We shall share the money 40% of the fund for your help and kindness to me and you shall invest my own 60% of the money in a good business which shall be under your control till i finished my school.

I assured you with the name of God in heaven that there is No Risk involved in this money is an inheritance from my late father, I also secured all the legal documents of the fund with me here, when I receive your reply, I will forward to you my passport copy, my National ID Card and pictures, and my telephone number.

I am waiting on your reply.
Yours Sincerely ,
Miss. Grace Mamadou.

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