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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: EVANS ADEH <adelx11@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:10:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: JOINT VENTURE / URGENT


Sir,
I wish to bring this proposal to your attention,
though you must be surprised, I got your address through a directory, please treat as very confidential. My colleagues and I in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation were able to secure throuhg deliberate mark-up of contract values in the corporation, the sum of U.S.D 35m.
We need the assistance of a capable and reliable
foreign business man to transfer this money, we intend to go into joint business investments immediately this is concluded.

We therefore, solicit your assistance, you shall
receive 20% of this money as commission, this transaction is without any form of risk.
You are therefore requested to provide your tel/fax numbers for more
personal discussions and transmission of documents, you are
also to provide your bank account information for the remittance of the fund.

Study the content of this mail carefully and get back
to me whatever your decision is.

I await your response.

EVANS ADEH


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