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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: "Doris & Kingsley Lampty" <doriskingsley1@ozu.es> (may be fake)
Reply-To: doriskingsley@ozu.es
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 19:46:01 +0100
Subject: WE HOPE ON YOU

From:Kingsley & Doris.
+22501038476

Dear,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business
venture which I and my Sister intend to establish in
your country. There is this amount of Three million
Five hundred Thousand U.S dollars($3,500,000.00)
which our late Father kept for us with a bank here
in abidjan before his death.

I and my sister have decided to invest these money
anywhere safe enough outside our Country for
security and political reasons. We want you to help
us transfer these fund from here into your personal
account in your country for investment purposes on
these areas were tax will not be much.
If you can be of an assistance to us we will be
pleased to offer to you 8% of the total fund.

I await your soonest response.

Respectfully yours,
Kingsley & Doris.
+22501038476



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