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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: Laarni Enriquez <laarni314@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <laarnipop@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:42:55 -0400
Subject: In Confidence.



Hi Dear I am very sorry to had infringe into your privacy without permission but i am quite confidence in you going by your profile makeup posessing qualities that somewhat convince me you are right fellow to confide this to . I am Ms.Laarni Enriquez A former mistress of Joesph Estrada But not quite long, I was arrested, together with his wife and son, in connection with the 27th July, 2003, failed coup for working in the household of the ex-president Joseph Estrada . Althought i was later granted bailed as there was no substantial evidence against me , now I have been released but under security watch within state confinement with limited opportunity to reach the outside world to prove my innocence. It is my desire to contact you on honesty and sincerity to assist me in transferring the sum of $17,500,000 Million United States Dollars. Every other deposit have been confiscated, and seized by the government of Madam Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. the President of republic of Philippine, This is the only one they could not see, being the courier mistress to the president, I made the deposit in African continent at one of my trips to Africa. I am motivated in contacting you and hope to gradually build trust, relationship and confidence in you as I get to know you better. So please note the shipment cost and demurrage has being taken care of by me. The transaction will take two days depending on liaison ability. I am willing to offer you $ 5Million USD for your effort and input after the successful transfer of this money and investment. Indicate your interest towards assisting me by responding to my mail: laarnipop@hotmail.com Await your urgent response. To be more enlighting you can checkout this links. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3135605.stm http://www.inq7.net/nat/2003/aug/09/nat_1-1.htm http://www.inq7.net/met/2003/aug/13/met_1-1.htm Yours sincerely, Laarni.
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