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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_ugo12 Gazeta.pl" <peter_ugo12@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:27:32 -0800
Subject: LETTER OF COMPENSATION


I wish to inform you that I concluded this transaction suscessfully
with an LONDON lady and I am currently residing in London with
my family.

I want to inform you I would like to compensate you
with the sum of US$1.500,000.00 for your efforts in trying to assist
me with this transaction but later it did not work out between us.

I dropped the (cheque in bank draft) with my secretary named
John Silas.

I did this out of sympathy for your efforts and I hope you
will be satisfied afterall,despite the fact that you did not believe
me.
I advise you to contact him immediately through his e-mail
address: (johnsilas21@hotmail.com)
for the delivery of the bank draft to you.

I hope you will have a nice life with my token of compensation for
your efforts and God bless you.
Regards
Peter Ugo

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