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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: "MR CHRIS MAKO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <speedtrustcompany11@globomail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 01:23:11 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Dear,

I have Paid for the delivery fee for your Cheque Draft.but the manager
of Eko Bank Benin told me that before the check will get to you that it
will expire.So i told him to cash $2.5MILLION all the necessary
arrangement of delivering the $2.5MILLION in cash was made with SPEED TRUST MAX COURIER COMPANY.
Do contact them and let me know when you recieve your money bellow is
the needed information.
DR JOHN WILLIAM
EMAIL:(speedtrustcompany11@globomail.com)
TELEPHONE; 00229 997-245-04
Send to them your contact information to enable them deliver your fund to
you within 48 hours.
1.YOUR FULL NAME.
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE.

Sincerely
Chris Mako

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