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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: ruthj jawad <ruthj1_jawad@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:04:57 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Can we help you?


Dear Pastor Robert Ised,

Thanks very much for your prayer and words of encouragement, anyway all my prayer too is to see a trusting someone and God’s fearing person as you must have read on my mail to you who will stand boldly and claim the said fund and use it for the purposes.

I am now looking for charity organization devoted Christian individual or God fearing person that will utilize this money the way I am going to instructs here in. I want an organization, individuals or God-fearing persons to use this money with all sincerity to fund churches, orphanages, widows and also propagating the word of God miracle.

In view to this, I hereby request for your full contact details to reach you such as contact address and phone and fax numbers to reach immediately I receive the above details from you I will not hesitate to give you my lawyer’s contact in same Europe to contact him and request for the vital documents that covers the said funds in Security Company to enable you make your claim from the Security Company where the funds was deposited for safe keeping.

As soon as I receive your reply, I shall give you the contact of my lawyer and my lawyer shall give to you contact of the Finance Security Company in Europe where the diplomatic consignment was deposited for safekeeping. My lawyer will also issue an order of authority to the security company; authorizing them that the said luggage has being willed to you and a copy of such authorization will be forwarded to you without any delay. I want you and the believers / community where you reside to always pray for me.

Furthermore, any delay in your reply will give room in sourcing for another person / organization for this same purpose. You will have 20% out of the total amount for all your time to carry out this dream and to cover whatever expenditures to claim this money.

Best regards
Ruth Jawad.




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