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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: rogerswater@indiatimes.com
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:13:09 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Greetings


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: rogershsbcwaterhsbc@yahoo.in



- HSBC Our Reference: 20 / 725 / NW SUBJECT: SEEKING FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR INHERITANCE FUND OF FOUR MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUND STERLING. Dearest Friend, My name is Mr. Rogers Water, I am a staff of HSBC BANK PLC in LONDON-UNITED KINGDOM. I work in the operations dept where I serve as account officer to numerous customers.I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of money from a deceased account.Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that every documents that will bring about the success of this transaction would be provided, and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction. The deceased person who died Mr Abdou Elzanaty died in an air crash along with his wife and two children in a plane crash on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline with other passengers on board was an American Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation. You can confirm his death from the BBC WORLD NEWS published Website below. ..........WEBSITE.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm.......... The board of directors of HSBC Bank Plc, mandated me to look for any known relation of Mr. Abdou Elzanaty, since after his death.However, all my efforts traces was abortive, that is the main reason I am writing you this to ask for your co-operation for us to claim this money because it will amount to injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit and invest it, because if nobody comes forward to claim the fund it will be forfeited to the government, based on that, I am contacting you to assist me in making this transaction a reality.I only have to approve you as the next of kin/beneficiary and the fund will be paid into your account as the next of kin. We are to share this money between ourselves and also donate 10% to charity and the tsunami victims If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately via this my most confidential email(rogerswater@indiatimes.com) Do not take undue Advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you. Please reach me immediately on the above email address to furnish you with more details of operation and the modalities. Above all, please handle this deal with maturity and absolute confidentiality if you found it worthy to be benefited reply me but if not, notify me on time and better still keep it top secret due to the nature. Thanks and God bless you for your anticipated co-operation. Yours truly, Mr.Rogers Water


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