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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: "asamoah frank" <asamoahfrank@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:58:39 +0000
Subject: Thanks,


Dear,
We are Local Miners here In Ghana we are looking for a buyer or Broker
who can buy and due to the international increase of the gold prices we are
looking for a buyer in a good price so we can build a good relationship
and develop our mining site.

we need a lot of machineries for our site so we can increase the
production , and that can happened only when we sell the stock we have for
now in our hand. We are selling direct to the buyer and we can sell through
PMMC here in
ghana the procedure is simple.

1.we need to know the buyer and get into terms and condition with him we
sign contract between us.

2.if the buyer is serious he can come and inspect the goods on the ground
then we will give a sample for test.

3.the buyer can visit our site as well to see every thing by his own eye
we are waiting for a reply from you.

Best Regard
Asamoah Frank.

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