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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: "hubertfavour"<hubertfavour@myway.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:40:11 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Request For A Foreign Manager/Investor




























PLS KINDLY SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:(favourhubert@yahoo.com.au) Dear Friend, Compliments of the season. I am Mr. Favour Hubert. I am writing you on behalf of my mother in respect of our late father estate for management assistance and directives. Our father Col. Rodrigue Hubert a former Paymaster General of Ecomog ( A PEACEKEEPING MILITARY ORGANISATION WITHIN THE WEST-AFRICA SUBREGION) deposited huge amount of money with a security company. To the knitty-gritty of the matter, my mother (MRS. MATILDA HUBERT) got to know about the deposit with the Security Company when the family lawyer read my late father's will. The total amount involved happens to be USD22.5 million. The problem is that in my late father's will, an instruction was given that before she can lay hand on a cent from the money deposited with the security company, she must personally present a competent and reliable foreign Manager/Investor to whom the USD22.5 million should be released to for
onward investment purposes because she had been a full time Housewife all through her married life and as such has no experience in financial management matters. From the discussions I held with her, I discovered that my mother is interested in buying a good house to live with us abroad. Under this circumstances I deem it fit that you can be of assistance to us, because I have the believe you can capably handle this transaction without any mistake as this is the only hope we have left in this world. Please replies strictly to this email address.(favourhubert@yahoo.com.au) Looking forward to your prompt reply. Yours faithfully, Favour Hubert.

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