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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. ANTHONY JOSEPH DIXON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dixion.tony@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 22:41:37 +0100
Subject: Re: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL

Dear,

DOES YOUR PROJECT STILL NEED FUNDING?

DO YOU HAVE PROJECT/INVESTMENT CAPABLE OF

GENERATING 10% AROI?

I have a client who wish to invest the sum of US

$184 million secretly in your country.

My client is from a Royal Family and he needs

investment protection for himself and his family.

He is interested on JV partnership with you acting

as the manager and sole controller of the

investment while he remain a silent investor.

The propose investment must be viable and can

guaranty a minimum of 10% AROI.

Please contact me as soon as possible If you can

secretly handle/invest such a huge sum in any

viable project/business under mutual agreement.You

must posses the ability to start and close deal

fast.

I await your urgent response. Please reply with

your business profile.

Thank you,

Regards


MR. ANTHONY J. DIXON

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