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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: tony henshaw <tony_henshaw62@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:28:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear VICTIMNAME, Send me the first letter you received from me



Dear VICTIMNAME,

The transaction I propose to you is risk free because I have done all the home work before inviting you into it but for us to succeed, it requires maximum confidence and confidentiality and arrangement has been made for it to be executed legitimately so that we can not go contrary to the law.

For security sake, I will want you to send me the first letter that I wrote to you proposing this transaction so that I can be very sure I am dealing with the right person

Hoping to hear from you soon

Bye



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