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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: fred moore <fredo_investment@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 11:06:03 -0500 (EST)
Subject: lnvestment request


Royal Bank Of Scotland PLC
127-128 High Holborn, Holborn,
London, WC1V 6PQ,
Tel:44 7031940754.
Fax: 447075020925.

Dear Sir,

It is my pleasure to introduce my humble self to you. my name is Fred,
a banker with the Royal Bank Of Scotland PLC here in London. I am
writing to know if you can help one of my customers make a good
investment in your country, first I would like you to send me good
investment opportunities, like: real estate, hotels, constructions &
e.t.c. after a careful study of such opportunity we will transfer to
your personal/companies account the total sum of USD 25MILLION as a
take off capital for a joint investment. We will have an agreement to
protect both parties in every transaction thereof, therefore I would like you to mention your commission for our consideration. Please call me on my number above for discussion or fax, you can also contact me through my email.
Anticipation to hear from you.

Yours Sincerely
Fred.


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