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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 Torres Umme <officeuyet--397356@att.net>
Reply-To: western-unionmoneytransfer58@live.com
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:22:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Pls Kindly Contact Western Union Agent to pick up your first payment today.




Dear friend,
 
I have made all the necessary arrangement with western union money transfer to transfer your fund ($4.5million dollars) to you ,
so send your full information to them,to enable them transfer the money to you to avoide transfer the fund to wrong person ok.
Contact Address;Name;Dr.Larry Goodluck .
E-mail;
(western-unionmoneytransfer58@live.com)
Phone;+229-984-347-35.

Try to contact them very urgent for immediate transfer of your fund to commence ok and remember foward your full information to them to avoid mistake ok such as.
Full name...............
Home address......
Country.......
Telephone..........
Your Picture for Indentification......

Thanks,
Mr Torres Umme

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