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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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Fraud email example:

From: SIREN4 <siren123@tiscali.it>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:48:57 -0800
Subject: Reply


YOUR ATTENTION:

I would rather you digest the integrity of the information you come by
as a result of this mail. I contacted you independently of our
investigation and no one is informed of this communication. I would
like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of
interest to you. I know you would be wondering why I am writing you
with a request such as this but I only urge you to read on.

In November 1998, an italian Oil consultant/contractor with the
Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation, made a Fixed Deposit in United
States Dollars for twelve calendar months which has doubled it's
initial amount this year in my bank. Upon maturity,





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