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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?mr=20Brsh?= <mr.brsh1@yahoo.com.ar>
Reply-To: mr_brsh22@hotmail.fr
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:25:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT REPLY PLEASE..............


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo electrónico!Ahora podés escribirme a: mr.brsh1@yahoo.com.ar



- SIR/MADAM,I WISH TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU.I AM MR ALIM HADI,THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER IN BANK OF AFRICA HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO,I AM LOOKING FOR A VERY CAPABLE PERSON TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF $22.3MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS TO HIS/HER ACCOUNT.THIS MONEY BELONGS TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER WHO DIED ON A PLANE CRASH SINCE Jully 2000.FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND, YOU WILL GET 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM,10% FOR ANY EXPENCESS OCCUR DURING THE TRANSACTION AND 60% FOR ME.IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS TRANSACTION,DO REPLY SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED TO THE NEXT LEVEL, REGARDS,MR ALIM HADI. (mr_brsh22@hotmail.fr)


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