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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: Kelvin Mensah <kelvingold100@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:49:47 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: You are at the right place


Good day Sir,

Thanks for your email, and i want to assure you that you are in a safe hand this time ok, you know there are a lot of scamers here in Africa and thats why you are telling me about this but please give me a call and i will narate everything for you, before we start doing anything, we must have an agreement between my group and you and we believe that seen is believing, so we never do anything blind ok.

Below is my contact number, just give me a call for any more information you may need to feel free in doing business with me. (+233-243-870714). Once again you are not in the wrong place please.

Waiting to hear from you soon.

My Regards,
Kelvin Mensah.


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