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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: "Mrs.Akia Joel" <jagtap_asha@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: akiajoel00@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 14:44:47 GMT
Subject: Re:Mrs.Akia

Hello,

Greetings my chosen one, I know it will be a great surprise to you reading from me today but consider this a divine intervention as a top man of God explained to my understanding so do not be afraid at all, it is the situation of things surrounding me that has made me to cry out as I was touched by God Almighty to open up to you because I never knew things would turn this way after a painful death of my beloved late husband during the Libyan civil war Oh. My Name is Mrs. Akia Joel an orphan; I married to Mr. Solomon Joel for 32 years with a child of 14 years old. Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get another child outside my matrimonial home which the word of God is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $37.9 Million in a bank with my name, presently, this money is still with the Bank.

Recently my doctor told me that I would not last for the periods of next few weeks due to my cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to hand you over this money to utilize it the way I am going to instruct herein. I want you to take 40% Percent of the total money for your personal use while the remaining 60% will be invest for the benefit and education of my son Joel Jr, who will be staying under your kind custody until he is matured enough to take care of himself. I shall be going in for a surgery operations soonest and desire this money to be transferred to you as I do not wish to leave this money in the bank because bankers might misuse it and it will not be in the best interest of my son who is just 14 and too young to handle this kind of money. As soon as I receive your urgent response I shall give you the contact of the bank attorney and also instruct him to issue you a WILL" that will prove you the present beneficiary of the fund in the bank , which is if you assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein,

I await your response as soon as possible.

Regards.

Mrs. Akia Joel.

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