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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: "charles soludo1" <charles1_s@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:48:48 +0100
Subject: I AM CHARLES SOLUDO MY SELF TO YOU AS YOU MUST SUCCEED THIS TIME

 

   

Attn.

my  name  is  prof  charles  soludo  cbn.

i  am  the  central  bank  Governor.

Today  i  want  to  inform  you  that  i  am  contacting  today  by  my  self  due  to  pressure  giving  to  me  by  Hsbc  Bank  London  saying  that  your  transfer  fund  has  already  alert  to  transfer  to  your  account  this  time  around.

i  must  advise  you  that  all  your  correspondent  email  shall  be  in  this  2  email  addresses  bellow>  MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "by113fd.bay113.hotmail.msn.com" claiming to be charles1_s@hotmail.com     or   email >  MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "by113fd.bay113.hotmail.msn.com" claiming to be cbnchrls@yahoo.com

Let  me  advise  you again  that  i  am  contacting  you  Today  due  to  the  worry  that  giving  to  us  by  Hsbc  Bank  London  to  contact  you  saying  that  we  shall  advise  you  that  they  are  not  playing  saying  if  you  want  your  transfer  to  be  done  this  week  you  must  make  sure to  get  this  last  paper  or  else  you  shall  lost  your  transfer  fund  to  dormant  account  in  swiss  world  Bank.

also  i  must  assure  you  that  i  am  highly  ready  to  complete  your  paper  clearance   and  others  if  you  can  complete  this  little  obligation fee  to  enable  our  Government  play  their  roll  inside  your  clearance  paper  as  urgent  as   this  moment .

again  i  will  advice  you  to  look  my  email  address  very  well  because  Hsbc  Bank  London  reported  to  me  that  so  many  illegal  people  call  them  self  Banks  has  using  my  name  to  obtain  money  from  people  as  scam  that  is  why  you  have  be  warned  not  to  contact  any  other  email  address  in  the  name  of  my  self  prof  charles  soludo  unless  this  two  email  address  at  above  this  letter.

kindly  reach  me  at  any  of  this  two  email >  MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "by113fd.bay113.hotmail.msn.com" claiming to be charles1_s@hotmail.com     or   email  >  MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "by113fd.bay113.hotmail.msn.com" claiming to be cbnchrls@yahoo.com

dont  contact  another  email  as  charles  soludo  to  avoid  those  bad  eggs,  you  have  be  warned.

or  call >  234- 805-5462866    or   234-803-4826233.

we  must  faviour  you  now  if  you  can  complete  this  little  obligation  fee.

Thanks  Prof   charles  soludo  cbn.


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