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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. SUN Zhijun" <sunzh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sun_zhijun@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 19:42:36 +0100
Subject: Contact Me Please!!

Guten Tag,

Mein Name ist Mr.SUN Zhijun, ich mit der Bank of China zu arbeiten. Ich brauche Ihre Unterstützung in Durchführung einer Transaktion bei $ 18,5 Millionen Dollar geschätzt, möchte ich Ihnen 30% der gesamten Mittel als Ausgleich für Ihre Unterstützung in dieser Transaktion. Ich werde Sie über die vollständige Transaktion benachrichtigt nach Eingang Ihrer Antwort, wenn interessiert, bitte senden Sie mir Ihren vollständigen detials als unten, um meine E-Mail aufgeführt: sun_zhijun@yahoo.com.hk

1. Vollständiger Name
2.Private Telefonnummer
3.Current Wohnadresse

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Mr.SUN Zhijun

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