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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: "Administrator Needed" <admin@needrep.net>
Reply-To: f_parker@linuxmail.org
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:41:43 +0000
Subject: Work with Us....

Dear sir/madam,

I am Mr.Fredrick Parker, we are a group of business men and women who deal
on raw materials like cocoa,rubber, unprocessed cotton, tine and ore, hide
and skin etc, we export them into Europe, Canada and America.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of
getting to our costumers overthere as well as making payments through you to
us and earn 5% of every payment made through you to us.

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate
your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative.

If you are interested,please fill in the blank spaces below:

1.Your full Names.....................

2.Your full Contact Address...........

3.State/Country.......................

4.phone number........................

5.fax number..........................

reply to
Thanks
Mr.Fredrick Parker
CEO

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