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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: "verify_es@ommail.com" <verify_es@ommail.com>
Reply-To: kennedyroth@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:23:13 -0500
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED URGENTLY

Mr Kennedy Roth
Shiraishi Kasei Kadan
Toyo Ekimae Bldg. 2-20,
Toyo 2-Chome,
Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0016,
JAPAN
EMAIL:kennedyroth@yahoo.com


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr Kennedy Roth, a sales manager for Shiraishi Kasei
Kadan. We are a company that deals in pharmaceutical
products, plastic additives including ultraviolet ray
absorbers and we are presently in need of a sales
representative that can act as a collection agent for our
clients in The US, canada and parts of Europe. We are
willing to offer a laudable percentage for this and would in
the course of doing business with you invite you to our
facilities/plants located in various parts of Tokyo and
Osaka.

If interested kindly contact us for further details on my
personal e-mail above.

We look forward to your urgent response,

Regards,
Mr Kennedy Roth



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