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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: Gloria Pesaga <pesaga.gloria@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: gloria.pesaga@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:06:25 -0400
Subject: Greetings


In a brief I am Ms.Gloria Pesaga the only daughter of late Dr and Mrs
Samuel Pesaga I come from Chiweshe ward in Muzarabani, Mashonaland Central
province of Zimbabwe.My father was a very wealthy diamond merchant but was
killed along side with my Mum during a bloody crisis in Marange diamond
fields in eastern Zimbabwe.
I need your assistant to assist me come to your country and invest a
balance of Nine Million Eight hundred Thousand US Dollars
($9.800.000.00)which was found in my late father offshore business bank
account I was demanded by the Bank to provide a foreign investor as
trustee
on my behalf according to the agreement written by my late father not to
allow me invest this fund back in Zimbabwe.
Please keep this information to yourself and reply me in my private email
address
gloria.pesaga@yahoo.com.ph
Ms.Gloria Pesaga.

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