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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: "Fisher John" <fishermjohn@msn.com>
Reply-To: michaeldmjfisher@yahoo.es
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:28:37 +0000
Subject: i trusted you

My dear,
You should at least have told me that you are no longer interested in the transaction so that i can start looking for alternatives.
I trusted you but you dissapointed me and was not telling me the truth
My colleagues has just asked me to look for another partner in your country to conclude the transaction were you have stopped.
thank you
Fisher


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