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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: Destiny Azango <myamadaza14@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:21:07 +0000
Subject: Re: waiting for your urgent and positive response


Compliments of the day to you,

May the blessing of God be upon you and grant you the wisdom and sympathy to understand my situation and how much I need your help.

I am making this contact with you based on trust and confidence irrespective of the fact that we have not meet before and due to nature of the situation i found myself as a victim of political crises in my country.

My name is Destiny Azango the son of col. Benedict Azango, former deputy national security adviser to the ousted Ivory coast(Cote d'ivoire) President. I am writing to express my interest in real estate or landed properties in your country.

Though my father died in detention a couple of months ago while being detained by the new government. Before his untimely death, he instructed me to leave the country for my safety and start up a business somewhere where there is economic and political stability. He reviewed to me of a deposit of one diplomatic Trunk box which he concealed with one of the private security company in Senegal containing Six million, five hundred thousand united states dollars(US$6.5M) declared as Family Treasure.

Actually, I need your assistance for the withdrawal of the safe box and also transfer the money to your position for partnership investment in your country under your care. My late father registered the beneficiary of the consignment with my name as his next of kin.

What I would want you to do, is to assist me to get the consignment withdrawn from the Security and finance company, have the same transferred to your position with your name pending my arrival to meet you in your country.

I will appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely and honestly.

Please note that Transaction of this nature demands the highest trust and confidence between both parties. For your assistance in this transfer, I have decided to give you 20% of the total sum involved after the transaction.

Your quick response will be appreciated.

I look forward to hear your urgent and positive response.

Best Regards,

Destiny Azango


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