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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: "Daniela Eze" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <daniela.eze1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:17:10 +0100
Subject: Get in touch with him immediately.

Hello,


I am sorry that i have not contacted you for a long time but i am contacting you now to let you know that the fund has been called back into the federal government suspense account.


The United State Government has reached an agreement with the Nigerian Government presently in office,the agreement has lead to the USA government sending an FBI agent to Nigeria to handle the issue of compensated amount to be received by foreigners.The reason is because of the series of scam going on the internet and as a result the USA has decided to put in their own to handle it knowing that there will be trust between the Agent and the citizens of the USA.


Find below the contact details of the FBI Agent.


Name:Anderson Curtis
Email:a.curtis@publicist.com



Note that the government has reached an agreement with the Banks so that the transfer charges will be deducted from total fund before the transfer is made.


Your's Sincerely,
Miss Daniela Eze.

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