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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: "MRS JANET ADEOLA" <janet_adeola@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:38:15 +0000
Subject: Re: I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE

Hello Mr  David,

How are you doing today?Hope you are fine.Mr James White called me this morining telling me that you called him yesterday and you are expected to make the payment the bank asked you to make.So i will advise you that you try your possible best and see that you make the payment today so that you prize can be transfered to you.As you can see you are the one delaying your prize to be transfer to you.so try and see that you make the payment so that the document can be made and your prize transfer to you.

I await your response to my mail immediately and you should try and call Mr James White todaty as soon as you receive this mail.

Thanks,

Mrs Janet Adeola


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