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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: "Dominic Scot" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sgtdominicscot@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 17:24:01 +0800
Subject: Sgt Dominic Scot

I am Sgt. Dominic Scot, a US Marine Sgt. serving in the 3rd Battalion, 25th
Marine Regiment that Patrols the Kabul province, . I am desperately in need
of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you. I am presently
in Afghanistan and I found your contact particulars in an address journal.I
am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of Four Million US Dollars
(Four Million USD) to the States or any safe country,as far as I can be
assured that it will be safe in your care until I complete my service here.

This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved.

SOURCE OF MONEY:
Some money in various currencies was discovered and concealed in barrels
with piles of weapons and ammunition at a location near one of Taliban caves
during a rescue operation and it was agreed by all party present that the
money be shared amongst us.

This might appear as an illegal thing to do but I tell you what?

No compensation can make up for the risks we have taken with our lives in
this hellhole.The above figure was given to me as my share and to conceal
this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British
contact working with the UN here (his office enjoys some immunity)I was able
to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. He
does not know the real contents of the package as he believes that it
belongs to an American who died in an air raid, who before giving up trusted
me to hand over the package to his close relative. I have now found a
secured way of getting the package out of Afghanistan for you to pick up. I
do not know for how long I will remain here, as I have been lucky to survive
2 suicide bomb attacks by Pure Divine intervention.

This and other reasons put into consideration have prompted me to reach out
for help. If it might be of interest to you then Endeavor to contact me and
we would work out the necessary formalities but I pray that you are discreet
about this mutually benefiting relationship.


Respectfully,
Sgt. Dominic Scot,
United States Marine Corps.Afghanistan

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