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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: "MR JOHN ANAT" <JOHN_ANAT75@YAHOO.CO.UK> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jj_ss7@mail.vu
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:10:10 +0800
Subject: FROM...MR JOHN ANAT

DEAR ,
MY NAME IS MR JOHN ANAT MANAGER OF A BANK [NAME OF THE BANK WITHHELD IN WEST

AFRICA . WITH MY POSITION I GENERATED 11,MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS WHICH

I REALIZED FROM OUR NEW BRANCHES WE SET_UP ON 50% OF THE AFRCAN COUNTRIES

AND IT STARTED SIX YEARS AGE TILL LAST YEAR .

I AM PROPOSING TO YOU TO STAND AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS MONEY, BECAUSE AS

THE REGIONAL MANAGER I DON'T NEED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS KIND OF MONEY .

I AM WILLING TO PART 30% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO WITH YOU .WITH MY POSITION

THIS TRANSFER WILL DONE SOOTHLY AND IS A BANK TO BANK TRANSFER .

CAN YOU PROVIDE A GOOD CURRENT ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED?

BUT I REALLY NEED TO BE CONVINCED THAT I CAN TOTALLY RELY ON YOU TO CARRY

OUT THIS DEAL AND ALSO KEEP THE MONEY TILL I MEET YOU WHICH WE WILL ARRANG.



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