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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: "Sgt. Nolla E. Donald" <nolla@hotmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

About myself.
My Name is Sgt. Nolla E. Donald, a citizen of United State of America
33 years single from Los Angeles ,I am a soldier working as United
Nations peace keeping troop in Iraq, on war against terrorism, I have
in my possession the sum of $5.6 millions USD Which i made here in
Iraq. I deposited this money with a Red Cross agent because of the
law. I want you to stand as my foreign beneficiary to receive the fund
and keep it safe because I don't trust Red Cross agents. You will
keep the money saved in your account so that as soon as I am through
with my mission here in Iraq, I will come over to you for us to meet
face to face and get to know each other.

For your effort, I will give you 50% of the total money for your
assistance after you have received the money, I want to assure you
with my life that you will never regret your involvement in doing
business with me, the success of this transaction will depend on our
total mutual trust. I pray to almighty God to take control so that
everything will go smoothly.

How i got the money, few weeks ago our soldiers had encounter and
exchanged bullets with some gunmen and eventually three of our
soldiers were injured in the event while over sixteen of the gunmen
were killed, as a nurse in the army, I and my group rushed to give
medical attention to our men who were injured at the spot where the
sixteen gun men were shot to dead, I saw two trunks and showed it to
my fellow and we decided to force of the trunks open and discovered
huge amount of dollars, we quickly counted the money and shear it
among our self, mine amounted to $5.6 millions USD, that is the money
i want you to keep safe till i finish my duty here in Iraq and come
down to your country.

Finally, you stand as my foreign beneficiary and receive the fund and
keep it safe till I come to your country, you will assist me to invest
it in a good profitable venture, don't worry yourself, I will give you
50% of the total money for the assistance after you have received the
money. I believe I can trust you; you don't have to be afraid of
anything, I have inquired about the arrangement on how to carry out
the transaction .
We can only communicate through our military communication facilities,
which are secured so nobody can monitor our emails, so I can explain
in detail to you. I will only reach you through email, because our
calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing
with is the right person. Please if you can handle it, let me know so
that i will furnish you on the way forward.
Your urgent reply is highly needed.
Best Regards
Sgt. Nolla E. Donald

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