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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 Rasheeda Fatim <mrs-rasheeda-fatim1@engineer.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:55:27 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Please help me


 I am Mrs. Rasheeda Fatim Aziz ,  I am the wife of Mr Mohamed  AZIZ , the CEO of the The Big Baik Company Of Syria, http://www.albaikco.com

I send you this message urgently because I need your help, my husband Mr Mohamed Aziz, has been assassinated by Syrian rebels because of his money. Currently, I and my children need to leave the country as soon as possible, but My husband left a sum of money of  twenty million Dollars (20,000,000 $ ) in an Islamic bank in the strange grounds of security because of the war, that I have to transfer to another account out of the country before leaving. I am soliciting your help in transferring this money out of the country.

I would like to transfer the funds in your bank account and leave the country quickly because the lives of my children and I are threatened because the rebels know that I am the wife of the CEO of Big Baik Company. To reward your help, I give you $ 2,000,000 (TWO MILLION DOLLARS) of the money.

I am waiting for your response.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Rasheeda  Fatim Aziz

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