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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: "Micheal Browne" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dreamlineloans@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:36:44 -0500
Subject: Re: Loan @ 3%

Dear Customer,

Dreamline Loans, offers all kinds of loan at a fixed & cheaper interest rate of 3.5%. Interested application should contact us immediately with the following information

Name in Full:
Amount Needed:
Duration of loan:
Country:
Telephone Number:

Our Loan Managing Director; Mr. Gabriel Walker will get back to you, with immediate effect notifying you with all procedings(step by step) on how to start processing your loan fundings.

Best Regards,
Mr. Micheal Browne,
Info-Tech Department,
Dreamline Loans


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