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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: "Evelyn Joshua" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <evelynjoshua84@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:21:40 +0100
Subject: Hello,

Hello,
 
I am Evelyn Joshua,the wife of Late Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua known as (T.B.JOSHUA) the founder of the (The G.O. Synagogue, Church of All Nations) in NIGERIA, who died on Saturday June 5th, 2021 as a result of heart attack.
 
I'm writing you this letter with pains, tears and sorrows in my heart, I'm bereaved from every side of my life including my agonizing emotion, it is the situation of things surrounding me that has made me to cry to you because I never knew things would turn this way after a painful death of my beloved husband, my husband family members have been on my neck few days after the death of my husband, filling several suits against me in pursuit to claim and share my late husband properties and funds in different banks in Nigeria. They went ahead and vandalize our house and his office while I was still in the Hospital and made away with uncountable documents belonging to my late husband. Their claim was to take possession of my late husband's properties/funds was that ( OUR TRADITION/culture) made the family female members automatic heirs of his properties.
 
Right now they have conspired with the Elders and the Pastors of the Synagogue Church of All Nation to fight me in order to lay claim of all my late husband properties and accounts within the country and outside the Country. I have no access to his account for the time being both Local and International Accounts, as I cannot officially come forward to claim any of his properties/monies in his account until one of his Lawyers informed me that there is $10,563,000.00 which is in his name in UK Bank as investment fund. I have communicated with the bank manager in London and narrated my present predicament to him.
 
Please I want to crave your indulgence for immediate rescue of this amount($10,563,000.00) I need a philanthropist and a God fearing person who is a very honest person to assist me in receiving this amount in his or her account. We are going to use the money to establish a lucrative business/company of your choice in your country to avoid my late husband family members to be aware of this particular amount, I will instruct the lawyer in UK to authorize you the ownership of the funds  for immediate funds transfer to execute the investment project under your control, however, I will immediately need your following information to forward to the lawyer in UK to expedite action to release the fund to your care.
 
1) Full name.
2) Address.
3) Country.
4) Phone.
5) Occupation.
 
Please I will need adequate assurance from you that you will use the money judiciously, I will visit your country after you have invested the money to evaluate the investment.
 
Your urgent response at my private  mail: (evelynjoshua84@yahoo.com) will be appreciated as i don't know what tomorrow will be.
 
Thanks and Remain blessed,
 
Evelyn Joshua

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