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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Jeff Rice" <jeffrice@jeffworld.org>
Reply-To: albertderek@personal.ro
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 09:19:08 +0000
Subject: Introducing Myself





Albert Derek
Town Centre House,
Southam Road,
Banbury,
Oxon OX16 2EN

I must formally introduce myself to you; I am
Mr.Albert Derek, creditofficer of AngloIrish Bank
in London and account officer to a deceased
Immigrant property magnate who was based in the
U.K . I have an urgent and very confidential
business proposition for you.

On June 6, 2000,a German/British property magnate
and Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese
Solid Minerals Corporation(name with held- will
now refer to himas my client) made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months,
valued at $48,000,000.00 (Forty-Eight Million
American Dollarsonly) in my branch. On the 25th
of July 2000, my client, his wifeand their two
Children died in the Air France concord plane
crash boundfor New York in their plan for a world
cruise,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Uponmaturity,I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address butgot no reply. After a
month, we sen


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