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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.Simon Chan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <simon.chan77@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:11:08 -0600
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT.

Good Day Friend,

I am Mr. Simon chan , Principal Assurance manager for the Guangdong Development Bank in China. I contacted you concerning a very viable business opportunity which could be of immense significance in our financial lives at this critical time of global financial recession. It is regarding the estate of a deceased client who shares the same last name with you and an investment portfolio (with a principal of US$13,150,000.00 -thirteen million, one hundred and fifty thousand United States dollars) placed under our bank's management some years ago.

Upon maturity of said investment, our client didn’t show up after a reasonable period of time and out of concern, an investigation was conducted and it was confirmed with concrete evidence that he was involved in a ghastly accident in Mainland China. It was also discovered that he died intestate.

What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file and share the same surname as my client, you will be made the beneficiary of these funds.

PLEASE NOTE that there is no risk involved in this process. I am on ground to ensure everything is successfully concluded.

If you are interested, please do contact me for further details. Please do reply me via my personal email address: simon.chan77@yahoo.cn.

Regards,
Simon Chan
simon.chan77@yahoo.cn

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