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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: BRUCE ERICSSON <unitednations.yourcleam@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: brcericcson@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:46:05 -0400
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED

Dear Sir/ Madam,


I am Bruce Ericsson, (ceo) of Gold Star Finance International. I wish to bring to your notice a top secret business deal which i want you to help me handle. For your understanding,the Ex-Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (Prof. Charles Soludo) is my long time school-mate in Oxford University England the year 1979, and during his tenure as Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, he transfered the sum of $20,000,000.00 USD(Twenty Million U.S Dollars) to me under the disguise of business trade with my company. Now he is facing a probe panel
with the EFCC of the Nigerian Government and presently, i am undergoing treatement here in the United Kingdom on prostrate cancer and diabetes. I decide to share this secret with you due to the urgency
that it requires because my company is a legal firm which means we now have responsibilities and reputation that must be protected, hence we can not take the risk to be indicted. I need your trusteeship to transfer this sum to you for business.

If you see confident enough to deal in this, Kindly reply with;

Your Full Names.........................

Contact Phone Numbers...................

Residential Address.....................

For more confidentiality.

Regards,

BRUCE ERICSSON(PhD)
CEO GOLD STAR INTERNATIONAL
Magden Park.Llantrisant
Pontyclun.Rhondda Cynon Taf
CF73 8XN.United Kingdom
Tel: +447014220053
Email: brcericcson@gmail.com


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