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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: "Mrs.Amina Gopal" <mrs.alimagospal@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Amina Gopal" <dhl.worldwide@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:29:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CONTACT DHL COMPANY NOW


 Complement of the Day,
 
 I have registered your ATM MASTER CARD with DHL COMPANY
 LAGOS NIGERIA Branch this morning and we agreed
 upon that the delivery of your ATM Card will take off
 tomorrow morning,So reconfirm your delivery address,

 Name,
 Address,
 Phone,
 Sex
 occupation
 ID Proof. to DHL Director
 MR EDWIN CHARLS, via below email
 
 Contact MR EDWIN CHARLS.
 Tel: +2348082118090.
 Email:( dhl.worldwide@hotmail.com )
 
 Contact him urgently because I will not be at office till
 january 29th, 2015. the amount in your Card is US$7.3m,USD
 SEVEN Million Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars
 only and your Pincode is:(2301)
 
 Regards
 Mrs.Amina Gopal

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