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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: Mr Jude Estrada <jdanial02@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: info_jdanial0@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:50:47 +0200
Subject: 48 MILLION INVESTMENT OFFER.


48 MILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENT PROJECT OFFER.

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr Jude D. Estrada,The first son of President. JOSEPH ESTRADA, =
the former President of Philippines located in the South East Asia: My =
family have a profiling amount which we seek your partnership in =
accommodating for us 48 Million Dollars. Can you be our partner on this? =
and also help my family in investment. Only reply if you are interested.

To know more about my father, flee free to read from this =
news:http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/04/22/estrada.profi=
le/
For further details contact me via my private box: info_jdanial0@yahoo.com.ph
=


Jude Estrada
For the family.
jdanial02@yahoo.com.ph

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