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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: JOHN MPUMELELO <johnmpumelelo10@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 08:16:12 +0000
Subject: family investment


Good Day,
With all due respect, I am looking for a partnership that I can trust to handle my family investment. I am John Mpumelelo the Son of Late Zimbabwe Farmer Larry Mpumelelo, who was murdered by the Zimbabwean veterans.
I write to solicit for your special assistance to a family shattered by a tyrannical government led by the late dictator Robert Mugabe. Because of the farmland crisis in Zimbabwe, the government secretly sponsored the war veterans and some irate party members to dispose of the land being occupied by farmers.
This action has led to the killing of some members of the opposition party including my father Larry Mpumelelo. But before the death of my father, he anticipated some dangers and so he deposited the sum of US$ 10.5 Million in a Bank in South Africa with the intention of using the fund in opening a manufacturing company. The war veterans and some supporters of the (ZANU-PF) ruling party Trooped into our compound and axed him (my father) to death. But I managed to escape to a neighboring country South Africa as a political asylum seeker (Refugee) but my Refugee position here in South Africa does not permit me to open an account or run any huge legal financial business to the permit rules and regulation in South Africa Refugee law. That is the reason why I want this fund to be transferred into your private or company bank account, so that you will assist me to invest it in your country. Please treat this request with integrity and confidentiality, we would like to discuss the terms and conditions of the investment before we commence the fund transfer process. Please help my family.
Best Regards,
John Mpumelelo
(On behalf of my Family

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