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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: john hams <johnhams001@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:21:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: I trust in God


From John Hamson.
From Rep of Sudan.
Email address( johnhams001@yahoo.ca )

Greeting,

It is a sincere gratitude to acquaint you with this proposal for the purpose of investment in your country. I know this letter may come to you as a surprise since we have not met before.

My name is John Hamson 'the son of late Engr. Williams Hamson . My late father was the Director Minister of Petrolum in Rep. of Sudan and my late father was killed by rebbels. After The death of my late father my mother took I and my sister down to Cote d' Ivoire in west africa were my late father deposited this money $5,800, 000 us dollars (Five Million Eight hundred thousand United States Dollars) in the security company and the management of the security id not know that the trunk box is money because my late father decleared it as family valuable items for security reasons.

Why I contacted your is for you to help me to to claiming of the trunk box contains the money as my father's foreign business partner and as the new beneficiary of the trunk box, as soon as I receive your mail we will like to forward the contact of the security company so that you can contact them. I are agree that as soon as you help me to retrival the trunk box from the security company, your compensation is 10%of the total sum while 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may incure towards the transaction.

If you are willing to assist me in respect of this transaction, kindly contact me immediately on my e_mail address johnhams001@yahoo.ca stated above and send your telephone number so that I will call you for more information. I am waiting to receive your urgent mail and your telephone number to enable me to forward the contact of the security company holding the trunk box to enable you to contact them.

Thanks and God bless.
John Hamson.


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