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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: Dr Stanley Brown <darmir91@alice.it>
Reply-To: wetunion4@admin.in.th
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 10:09:45 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Attn

Attention Dear
Your first payment of $7500 was sent to you today through western union but
before you will pick it up you will send fee of $100 before you pick it today,
and this is the information you will use to pick up the $7500.00,Test
Question--what? Test answer-$7500,Amount-$7500,00,Mtcn-1021 836 010,Senders
Name :-AUGUSTINE IWUNOR, Behold, and your total amount of your fund is $2.8
musd dollars, you will make payment of $100 you will receiving your first
$7000 today ,so you can go to any western union around you to pick up the
first $7500, you can also track it through western union WEBSITE to be sure,
after that contact MR VICTOR DIBOR on his email:( weterunion@yahoo.com) call
him immediately you pick up the $7500 on this phone 00229 9913 98 11 My Regards
to your Family.
MR MIKE OKOYE

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