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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: Nadez Mikhail khodorkovsky <nadez_khodor007@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 04:36:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PARTNERSHIP


Dear=A0beloved,

I am=A0 Mrs Nadez Mikhail Khodorkovsky, representing Mr. mikhail khodorkovs=
ky my husband,(m.k.) the Chairman of yukos oil corporation here in Russia.M=
..K would like to ask for your partnership in re-profiling funds over US$415=
million. I will give the details, but in summary, the funds are coming via=
bank menatep,st.petersburg through their affiliate office=A0 in London and=
this is a=A0transaction. You will be paid 10% for your "management fees".I=
f you are interested, please write back and I will provide further instruct=
ions. Keep this confidential.
Finally, please note that this must be concluded with in 21 working days.
=A0
PLEASE FOR THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF THIS TRANSFER REPLY ONLY THROUGH THIS=
MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:
nadezmikhail_khodorkovsky@yahoo.com=20
=A0I look forward to it.
Mrs Nadez Mikhail Khodorkovsky
For the family=0A=0A=0A

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