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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: michael frank <mickael@michaelfranklin.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:52:24 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Family happy greetings





Dear friend,
I am Michael Frank, I represent members of contract award committee of my province,
cotonou , Republic of benin .I have managed to deposit the sum of $25 million in the
vault of Citi Bank of America (local branch).These funds was acquired as gratification from various contractors i have assisted in getting contracts. This fund was deposited without any account as a result of civil service code, which does not allow us
to operate foreign account.
I'm asking for your assistance as a foreigner to move these fund from
the vault of our local bank to your account through our correspondent bank abroad,
as the beneficiary. I will also need your assistance in the areas of investments
prefarable hospitality industry.
COMMISSION!
You will be entitled to 15% of the total funds for your assistance.
If you are interested contact me immediately through this e-mai(mikefrank@uymail.com ) for more details and how to proceed.
Please note that the transaction is risk free as all have to be bank to bank transaction.
Regards and God bless.
Michael Frank

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