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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: Steven Mark <joelmartins6@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: stevenmark878@o2.pl
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:18:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR REPLY




Dear Friend,

I am Steven Mark, a consultant to Mr. Adams, a national of your country,who died On the 30th of June 2010, he was involved in a car accident along Sharjah Highway.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives as they are on a weekend outing to a nearby city, I have contacted you to assist in repatriating his money and property left behind before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance Company where this huge deposits was lodged.Particularly, the deceased had an Amount at about US$14.9 million dollars, After notification of the death of the deceased to the Finance Company they has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the Funds confiscated within some days .

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives all this while till now,that's why I seek your consent to purporting you as the next of kin of the deceased and now i will claim to the finance company that you are his relatives to late Mr. Adams,so that the proceeds of this Amount valued at US$14.9m dollars can be paid to you as the bonafide approved Next of Kin by the Finance Company. If you agree we can discuss the percentage you will have as compensation on your involvement.


I contacted you because he was a very good Friend of mine that is why I made up my mind to contact any of his relatives anyhow so relax your mind.I have all necessary papers that can be used to back up the facts and claim on the Fund Release. All I require is your honest, cooperation and Sincerity to enable us see this deal go through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Confirm your interest on this.I will notify you on the next step as soon as we agree on the sharing pertain as per percentage.

email: (stevenmark878@o2.pl)

Best regards,
Steven Mark.

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