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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: Mr Bek Awori <mrawobek0014@msn.com>
Reply-To: <aworribek47@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:58:09 +0000
Subject: Re: Wat ons verleden transactie!



Beste vriend,

Houd er rekening mee dat heb ik je geschreven in het verleden met dit voornemen van mij om advies Barclays Bank in Londen --- Engeland tot draad de som van US $ 12.500.000 (twaalf miljoen vijfhonderdduizend dollars) in uw account voor u en mij te delen. Bij deze, ik voel me herinneren u weer eens te meer dat de Barclays Bank heeft geconcludeerd tot nieuwsagentschappen het bovenstaande bedrag op uw rekening gestort.

Gelieve te bevestigen van uw huidige adres en telefoonnummer naar me toe, zodat wij snel.

Met vriendelijke groet,

MR. Bek Awori
UITVOEREND DIRECTEUR
R.T.C
Tel: 00447035923470

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