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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: "peter" <ltjkyjthjmhjjhjhj212@excite.com>
Reply-To: mr_peterben009@myway.com
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:56:36 -0500 (EST)
Subject: hello


































The Auditor/Headof Department Royal Bank of Scotland,United Kingdom._______________________________________________Dear Friend,I want to transfer out £15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Pounds sterling's) from our bank here,I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important transaction,believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.I want to transfer this money into asafe foreign account abroad but i don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to any local bank here in Scotland, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is pounds sterlings and the former owner of the account is John Hughes and he was a foreigner too.I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a foreign account as the real beneficiary.At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during this process. I await your earliest reply,Thanks.Sincerely,peter benPRIVATE EMAIL: mr_peterben009@myway.com

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