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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: "ROSS" <infouvyivgxebdmrj@award-agentsource.net>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 12:56:14 +0700
Subject: OFFICIAL NOTICE!

Compliments and Greetings!

We are brokering an Investment deal in your country on behalf of a client of our firm. This deal will involve the eventual
investment of $12,000,000.00USD (Twelve Million United States Dollars) in your country.

We are by this letter offering you our partnership, so as to allow us have you as representative and manager
of the invested funds in your country. Since we cannot determine if this email is still functional or your
willingness to proceed, we have kept this proposal brief.

If you are interested in this offer of partnership, please respond and give us your full contact details and
your company Profile. In response, we will send you an elaborate proposal and details of this offer.

All correspondence MUST be sent to my official and confidential email address provided below;
admin@investmentservices-corp.com. Thank you.

Your expedient response will be appreciated.


Ross Fisher
National Real Estate Company

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