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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: "Rita Malongo" <ritamalongo@netscape.net>
Reply-To: malongo_rita@k.ro
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:21:19 +0100
Subject: From Mrs Rita



I am the secretary to a director in Health & Welfare Negotiations, Ministry of Healh, South Africa.

My boss has directed me to solicit a potential individual/organization with a view to receive Sickle Cell Donations amounting to TWELVE MILLION UNITEDSTATES DOLLARS as part of a humanitarian grant scheme operated by theMinistry of Health, South Africa.

Upon indicating your interest, I will inform my boss about you and he will proceed to add and facilitate you as a beneficiary of the grant.

You will receive FORTY PERCENT of the money as your commission, while SIXTY PERCENT goes to us.

Please, treat this mail as confidential as possible as myself and my boss are still serving as government officials,if you are not in a position to be part of this, do not respond to this mail and I apologize for taking your time.

Regards,

Rita Malongo.





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