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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: "DR JOHN COLEMAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <john_coleman77@rocketmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 02:34:40 +0530
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

Dear sir/madam,

To whom it may concern, I kindly want to put in notice before you, my name is Dr.John Coleman of South Africa,I came to Mumbai.Before coming
to India from UK I made transfer of one million two hundred thousand pounds sterling from Halifax Bank of Scotland throughthe Bank of England
to the Sundry account of Reserve bank of India for investment Purpose. Two days after my arrival in India my partner died in a motor accident.
He was to produce the account were in I was suppose to transfer the money into As I am writing this mail the money is still in the sundry
account waiting to be transferred to a local account so that I can invest in India fast growing economy . presently iam seeking for a reliable
and trust worthy fellow to assist me of my late father money, which I transferred from the Bank of England to the Reserve Bank of India, for an
investment purpose.
The said amount is one million two hundred thousand Great british pound sterling(1.2 million gbp) I have done a reasonable research and find out
that is not easy for a foreigner to have an account for such a huge amount, so i want you as a citizen of India to assist me by producing your bank
account to transfer this money into your nominated bank account, and ten percent will be offer to you for the work well done.
Please, if you are interested do contact me as soon as possible with the following informations
1) FULL NAME
2) HOUSE AND OFFICE ADDRESSES
3) TEL/FAX NUMBERS
4) MARITAL STATUS
5) PRESENT BUSINESS/PLACE OF WORK
6) AGE
7) IDENTITY PROOF
8) RESIDENTIAL PROOF
As soon as i am in receipt of your reply we shall begin ernestly.
Best Regards,

Dr,John Coleman
Email;john_coleman77@rocketmail.com

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