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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: stevehenry01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 14:33:08 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CAN=20I=20TRUST=20YOU=3F?=

Dear Friend,
Here is my name Steve Henry from United State of America writting you in
respect of a recent deal that emanated in our bank.With my competence and
top level in the bank,i and my colleague detected millions of dollars (US$23.8M)
belonging to one of our customer who died in fatal HURRICANE RITA disaster.Several
effort was made to trace any of his relations to take possession of the
funds but to no avail Leaving this funds dormant in the bank will be a great
lose to us and will later be use for another project.We have bravely and
perfectly packaged the funds as a cargo and deposited in a good and reliable
cargo company for safety.we require you to sincerely and honestly stand
as our beneficiary outthere to enable legitimate and easy claim of the
cargo from the company without any problem.You are needed to help in this
opportuned and golden deal because we can not run the deal our self due
to our sensetive service in the bank and wouldn't want any observation for
safety of the deal and our dignities.For this deal to be executed as planned,your
details is urgently needed,your full name,your contact address and your
mobile phone and fax number to enable us forward them to the cargo company
for legitimate release of the funds in your favour.It is good we notify
you your share in the deal for certainty,your share in the deal is $5Million
for assisting us.Thanks and kindly keep this deal secrecy because we are
still under the service of the bank.If you are okay with the condition,
do not hesitate to send me mail.I expect your earliest response.Reply to
this email address for security purposes {stevehenry01@yahoo.com}
Steve Henry.




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