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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: "mark clitton" <markclitton12@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:18:12 -0700
Subject: ACT FAST


Dear Friend,

My Name is Mr. Mark Clitton. I am contacting you for a business
relationship, I wish to seek for your assistance to Invest in your country.
I wish to invest the Sum of 25.000.000.00 USD in Your Country,

You will be required to:

[1].Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
[2].Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.
[3].Invest/Manage the funds outside of United Kingdom if you wish.

I am willing to pay 10% for your role as the beneficiary partner to the
funds. Also,a subsequent 10% "Management Commission" will be paid for your
advised investment services.A further 5% will be used to write off any
expense encurred in the course of transferring the principal sum.

We expect your correspondence and our response will be swift.

Do contact me via email:(markclitton_7@yahoo.com)

Mr.Mark Clitton.

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