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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: williams grant <williams.grant290@gmail.com>
Reply-To: williamsgrantt290@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:11:06 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PARTNERSHIP REQUEST




Dear Friend;



Do you know that for the past 10 years now more than €95Million has being diverted and stolen by some greedy and corrupt politicians here in my Country.I used my opportunity as a top bank official to divert the sum of €4.8Million to an Escrow Account belonging to no one in the bank and then clean up the records and files concerning this €4.8Million from our Bank Data-base Processing Financial Deposit so that there will be no trace of this fund.



If you are willing to work with me to claim this fnund, Kindly send me immediately your Full Names, Age,Nationality and your passport or National identity card number, Telephone Number to enable me establish you as the real owner of the fund. The said fund will be sent to you through ATM Card direct to your Country.







Yours sincerely

Williams Grant

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