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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: mary kvon <kvonmary3@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:22:29 +0000
Subject: Hello!

Hello,

Good morning, I am sorry telling you my experience I felt emptying myself
to you and to have confidence in you, My Ernest prayer is that you find
this mail in good health, I know that Internet has been greatly abused over
the recent years and is very unsecured for information's of vital
importance.

I am Mary Kvon 17yrs old a Medical Student of Bassam, I lost my family
because of political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, I have decided to take the
chance seeing that no other means could have been faster and more efficient
than the e-mail before my late father death he disclosed to me that he
deposited the sum of $7.3 million dollars in a fixed deposit account which
I am the next of kin.

Please i humbly need your assistance to help me get this money transferred
to your account, to serve as my guardian and to make an arrangement for me
to come over after the inheritance is transferred into your account. you
can reply me on my private email ( kvonmary2@gmail.com )

Sincerely,

Mary.

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