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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: " Peng Shek Mo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <p.shekmo@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:11:54 -0700
Subject: TRUSTEE

 
Hello:
I am Peng Shek Mo an underwriter with Pheim Unit Capital Trusts Bhd Malaysia.
 
Have contacted you with the hope of getting you to act as trustee in clearance of a  forty million dollars fixed income deposit
 
You earn twenty percent of the funds for acting as my trustee.
 
I will urgently need your full names,address and phone number to regularize on the funds as the new beneficiary with the bank where the funds are presently domicile.
 
Note that the fixed income deposit has to be cleared before the ending of this quarter of the financial fiscal year 2013.
 
Below is my bank account details to enable you remit my share once funds are paid to you as the beneficiary.
Bank     Credit Suisse AG, 8070 Zurich
Account no.     433901-01-10
Account Name    Peng Shek Mo
Clearing number     4835
IBAN     CH94 0483 5043 3901 0101 0
BIC/SWIFT     CRESCHZZ80A
The funds will be cleared in five banking days once your details is regularized and approve on the funds as the new beneficiary.
Looking forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Peng Shek Mo
4th Floor, UBN Tower     
Jalan P. Ramlee, 50250 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
PH: +603 2178 4466

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