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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: =?UTF-8?B?67Cw7J2A7KCV?= <woojin003@bill36524.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 03:58:49 +0900
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?QU5USUNJUEFURSBZT1VSIFVSR0VOVCBSRVBMWQ==?=

Dear Friend,

My name is Dr.Frank Leonard, A banker by Profession and currently a Director of the Finance, Auditing and Accounting Unit in my Bank (Standard Chartered Bank in the United Arab Emirates) also a relationship account officer to Mr. Daniel. I got your Facebook address in my search for a reputable and reliable person to help me claim the sum of USD14,700,000.00, Deposited in our Bank by one of our customers Mr. Daniel who died of a heart attack at the Riyadh Hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Since his death no one has come up as his next of kin and all our efforts to locate any member of his immediate family has prove abortive that was why I decided to see if I can get anybody via Internet which I believe you have all the qualities we need and you have the same (surname) last name. The reason I'm contacting you is to present you to our bank as the next of Kin to the deceased customer since you both have a common name and from the same country.

It will interest you to know that I have been keeping the account dormant to enable my plans for the funds to come through and this is the time and I'm happy to locate you for the perfection of the transfer of the Fund into your nominated Bank Account to be given. I have done enough work in the banking system and all I have to do is enter your details into the information network on the banking computer and you have to be mirrored as your closest relative.

On smooth completion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as gratification,  and 10% will be set aside to take care of every expense or Tax that may arise during the execution of the transaction, while 50% will be for me. If you are interested, I can provide further details of the transaction. I also have an intention of investing my own percentage of the money in any profitable investment in your country, do you have a better idea for any lucrative business?

 Looking forward to your urgent response through my personal email address (leonardfrank292@gmail.com) and also by updating me with your direct telephone number for easy communication.

Yours Specially,
Dr.Frank Leonard


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