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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: "kingston wayne" <kingstonwayne@cantv.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:02:06 -0430
Subject: FROM KINGSTON WAYNE

>From Master Kingston Wayne
plateau
Abidjan

Hello,sorry to disturb you with my request please,my name is Kinston
Wayne,iam the son of late Mr Vincent Wayne from Sierra leone in western
part of Africa.
My parents died due to political involement in my country but before the
died some huge amount of money was deposited in a Bank in Abidjan to the
tune of six million,eight hundred and fifty thousand united states
dollars,iam the only surviving child,i wish that this fund be transfered
out of Africa for investment reasons because i dont trust the system here
in Africa,Well,iam contacting you to help me in this transfer to your
country for onward investment,i will reward you kindly,iam just 17yrs old.
All i need now from you is your contact telephone number and your full
name so
that i can submit them to my bank and introduce as the co-beneficiary of
the so that they can contact you officially for the transfer.


I hope you understand,
Kingd regards,
Kingston Wayne

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