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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: Janice Beal <blendaikeya@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Janice Beal <ccmoonlite1@inmano.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:18:10 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR TRUST


Dear Friend,

I am Mrs Janice Beal from Republic of Ivory Coast in West Africa.I am a branch manager in Bank Of Africa here in Abidjan.There is a German man name Alfred Bernhard who has a construction company here in my country who deposited the sum of 19,420,000million United States Dollars in my bank.The account has been dormant since three years now and I later find out that the account has no next of kin.From the information I got the man died after a brief illness in a German hospital since 2011.Now I want you to stand as the next of kin so that both of us will claim the money.We will share the money in equal percentage after we must have succeed.I will use my contact as an insider in the bank to make sure everything work as planned.Once I receive your reponse I will now give you more details.

send me your information as follows to enable prepare a documents on your name for the claim of the money.

1. Your comoplete name
2. Your biographic contact address
3. Your nature of occupation and copy of your identification
4. Your direct telephone and fax number
5. Sex and your nationality

Regards

Mrs Janice Beal

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