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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: Ray Sell <raysellloans@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:31:04 -0300
Subject: loan offer apply now!!

ATTN: Sir/Madam

Good Day Are you in any kind of financial difficulties and you need a loan to offset you debt? Or are you looking for a reliable source to obtain a loan for other purposes, contact us today for our loan offer is of low interest rate. For more information and details, contact us via mail>raysellloans@gmail.com

We would like you to know that we offer loan from the minimum of
$3000USD to the maximum of $10,000.000.00USD and our interested is 3% interest rate.

first information needed

FULL NAMES:
COUNTRY:
STATE:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
MONTHLY INCOME:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
LOAN AMOUNT NEEDED:
LOAN DURATION:

We will be happy to have you as a customer.
Kind Regards
Mr Raymond Sell
Email : raysellloans@gmail.com



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