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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: samueludo2006@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:54:38 +0100
Subject: Hope Your Are Doing Fine

Dear Sir/Madam,

Hope you are doing fine?

Please I am very sorry to border you with mail as you don't know. It may be embarrassing to receive mail of this nature from person you don't know but if you will have time I will like to share some experience with you in my nest mail.

I am Mr. Samuel Udo from River state of Nigeria my father died few year ago living me, my sister and my mother.

Before his death he was a successful business man and due to some culture of my town that allow my father brother to inherit my father property and my mother and he will take care of us has stopped my education and good life we have been enjoying and now we have moved from town we reside to the village and every thing have been inherited y my fathers brother.

My mother cries every day and night because of the bad maltreatment she receives and how we are treated.

I have to reserve comment till you show interest to assist us as we have information of our father fund worth about USD$5.5M that our father's brother have not discover and when my could not know how to move it out I agreed with her that we contact any foreigner who will be God fearing type that we could use his/her account to secure the fund so that we can run out of this situation as I can stand to watch my mother die of this my fathers brother maltreatment.


If you have interest and you wish to know more detail, I will not hesitate to inform you all about it so that you will understand you won't involve in any form of risk as you assist us.

God bless

Samuel Udo



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