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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: davidvavinwhite02@yahoo.co.jp
Reply-To: davidvavinwhite001@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:10:41 +0100 (BST)
Subject: family member

Attn:

I am David vavin white , the credit manager of SNS Bank Amsterdam
with headquarters located in Utrecht Netherlands.There is an account
belonging to the Late Family Member, which i will want to discuss with
you about and it has some form of relationship with you going by the
similarity in the name . I am at the moment undergoing a Financial
Engineering course in London UK, please email me in respect to this.
Please forward your response to me for further details or you can
give me your personal phone number so that i can give you a call,
ITS URGENT.

Sincerely,
Mr David vavin white
SNS Bank NV
www.snsbank.nl

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