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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: Jude Carlito Estrada <judelitoestr@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 04:57:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Jude


Dear Amarjit Swingh,
I bring you greetings of the day from the city of Manila Philippines.
How are you today,I hope fine if so let give thanks to god for his mercy and grace upon our lives. As for me and my mother we are spiritually and physically
okay.

We are worried over here that after accepting to help the Estrada family through my mother in our present predicament we did not hear from you again,
is it that you are no longer intersted please let us know so that we can look for someone else because time is of much important to this transaction.Please
if there is any aspect of this project that is not clear to you, feel free to ask questions.

My friend there is nothing to fear about as this business will be done within the limit of international law. I will stop here till i hear from you.

Regards,
Jude Carlito Estrada.




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