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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 esther" <mrsestheralex@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:32:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: THE LORD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.


Beloved VICTIMNAME VICTIMNAME,May the grace of our lord jesus chris and the love of the most high God be with you now and always {AMEN}How is your family? have you been able to contact the security company for the funds release? please try to do that because iam waiting for you to forward to me your contact informations such as YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER, YOUR CONTACT ADRESS. AS SOON AS I RECIVE THIS FROM YOU, I WILL PUT A LETTER TO THE SECURITY COMPNAY LETTING THEM TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE BONIFIED AND RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY OF MY LATE HUSBANDS FUND AND I WILL ALSO PUT A LETTER TO THE MALAYSIA HIGH COURT TO SECURE A LETTER OF AUTHORITY ON YOUR BEHALF AFTER THIS, YOU CAN NOW GO FOR THE SIGINING OF THE FUNDS RELEASE.MAY GOD BE WITH YOU SO AS TO ENABLE YOU COMPLETE THIS MISSION{ AMEN] AS I LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

YOURS IN CHRIST,MRS ESTHER ALEX.

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