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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: "Mark carney" <info@mk.org>
Reply-To: markcarney016@mynet.com
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 12:25:34 +0100
Subject: good day


Hello, happy Yuletide Season. although you may not know me and this email came as a surprise to you at this time of the year. I am Mark Carney the new appointed chairman of the Bank of England. There is a sum of 20,600,000.00 GBP in my bank and there are no beneficiaries stated concerning these funds and no one would ever come forward to claim it, i seek for your assistance to transfer the money to your bank account in your country so that we can divide the money between us and also invest some part on other areas of business, there is no risk involved in this transaction, we will share it in a ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you, this is not money laundering, reply this email me as soon as possible for more information. I will be glad to hear from you.

There is 100% no risk involved in this transaction and transfer guaranteed.

Regards.
Mark carney.
markcarney016@mynet.com

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