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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: ange_dou208@yahoo.cn
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:55:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings,

Greetings,

I am Ms Ange Douglas, 23 years old from French Inland. I decided to contact you for assistance as I think that you have the capabilities in rendering assistance in this transaction.

I wish to request for your assistance in a financial transaction, I wish to invest in ($3.500, 000 United States Dollars) in your country but require your assistance in receiving the funds from the security company in Canada to your country as my beneficiary.

The funds is deposited in a security company in Canada and will like you to help make claims with the documents I have here and transfer it into your country for investment purposes.

I will be waiting patiently for your email and would give you more details on how I acquired the funds as soon as I get a positive response from you to my private email address .

Goodbye,

Miss Ange Douglas.




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