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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: "James Bruce" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 08:44:43 -0800
Subject: My Dear: Friend

My Dear: Friend
 
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope This mail meets you in a perfect condition, you may not understand why this mail came to you, But if you do not remember me, you might have receive an email from me in the past regarding a Investment Business proposal which we never concluded. I am using this opportunity to inform you that the Investment business has been concluded with another person who financed it to a logical conclusion. I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished Transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other.
 
The good news now is that i have successfully transferred the fund out of bank to my new partner's bank account Mr.Jowlee a Citizen of China, who is a business man base in Nigeria that Was capable of assisting me in this great venture. Due to your effort, Sincerity,courage and trust worthiness you showed during the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of  $500,000.00 which i  left with Mr Francis Fayemi  ( fund manager ) UBA bank on my departure to Canada. This is from my own share. I did this simply to show appreciation to you for your kind support and assistance even though we couldn't succeed due to some unforseen circumstances.Presently i am in Canada for investment with my own share under the advice of my partner.
 
For security reasons, the $500,000.00 was logged into Mastercard because i do not want the money to be tempered with anybody.My dear friend I will advice you to Contact Mr Francis Fayem and let him know about this notification letter for further directives and collection of this Mastercard with pin,  I have Instructed him to release the Mastercard to you as soon as you contacted him with his address below regarding this issue.
 
Email: cbnofficemail@yahoo.com
Cell phone: +234 81 61 337 883
 
At the moment, I 'm very busy here because of the investment projects which myself and the new partner are having at hand. please i will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart and also comply with Mr Francis Fayem, so that he will send the Mastercard across to you without any delay.
 
Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone Number/your address where you want him to send the card to you. Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hope to hear from you soon.
 
My Rgs
Sir James Bruce

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