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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: Kevin Gregorius <1968kevingregorius@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kevingregorius1@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 16:06:10 +0100
Subject: hello

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Kevin Gregorius, personal attorney to Late Andreas Schranner. I
came to you in my private search for a reliable person to handle this
confidential transaction, which involves huge sum of money hence; you will
be presented as the next of kin to the deceased.

The Proposition: My late client Andreas Schranner who died on 25th July
2000 aboard AF4590 which crashed into the Hotelissimo with all 109 people
on board and five who died on the ground when the plane crashed, while
returning from his country from a business trip. He deposited a huge sum of
money with a financial institute here in Togo worth US$12.5 Million; having
heard of the tragic incident involving late Andreas Schranner and his
family, the financial institution now expects a next of kin as beneficiary.
Valuable efforts have been made by the financial institution through Togo
Apex Bank management and myself to get in touch with any of his family's
but I personally found out that he died with his wife Maria who was 62,
their daughter Andrea Eich who was 38, her husband Christian who was 57,
and their children Katharina who was 8 and Maximilian who was 10, all died
in the crash.

The only name of next of kin given to me by Andreas Schranner unfortunately
was with him in the same flight that crashed. I'm taking this advantage in
order to better my life and that of my family; I now decided to seek your
permission to have you stand as next of kin to late Andreas Schranner, so
that the money is released to you as the next of kin. All documents and
proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out by me as
the attorney and will ensure that all legal documents are processed in your
favor because he gave me the certificate of deposit before his death. You
can take time and verify from the website as shown herein for confirmation
of the crash,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I am assuring you that this transaction and its procedures is 100% legal
and risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest will be for us.
The sharing of the fund between the two of us will be as follows: 30% of
the total sum will go to you for your effort and commitment to the success
of this transaction. 70% will be for us here. As soon as I receive an
acknowledgement of the receipt of this message in Acceptance, I will
immediately start up with the process. If this proposal is acceptable by
you, kindly reply me immediately you get this mail through this email
address: kevingregorius1@outlook.com.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Kevin Gregorius.

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