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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 Langat John" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <langatjohn@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:54:49 +0100
Subject: Guten Tag Aus Kenia (Geschäfts) Good Day From Kenya (Business)

Guten Tag,
           mein Name ist John Langat aus Kenia Nairobi Ich arbeite mit Kenya Commercial Bank jedes Quartal führen wir Kontrollen von Bankkundenvor accounts.Twelve Jahren habe ich bewusst einen seltsamen Bankkonto mit einem enormos Summe von $ 75.000.000 USD . Die Höhe hat mich nicht verwirren , aber was zog meine Aufmerksamkeit war, dass der Kontoinhaber ein nicht kenianischen und hatte keine nächsten kin.The Name geht von Herrn O. Idi Hindu und ich habe eine weitere Untersuchung er in den USA Botschaft Bombe gestorben Angriff Nairobi 1998 und wenn ich weiter gegraben ich merke, da war er in rohe comodities dann habe ich die Kontrolle der Rechnung und wartet auf seine Geschäftspartner zu zeigen, aber uptill Zeitpunkt niemand haben gezeigt , in der Erwägung Bankvorschriftennur ein Ausländer kann als Stand nächsten Angehörigen , so dass alles, was ich möchte, dass du für mich tun ist, um als nächsten Angehörigen von Herrn O. Hindu Idi stehen, so können wir das Geld aus Kenia ,
um Ihr Land zu bewegen , nach dem

Reagieren Sie zurück , um mich auf diese E-Mail .
langatjohn@aol.com

Herzliche Grüße
Langat John



Good Day,
my name is Langat John from Kenya Nairobi I work with Kenya commercial Bank every quarter we carry out checks on clients bank accounts.Twelve years ago I realise a strange bank account with an enormos sum of $75.000.000 USD. The amount did not baffle me, but what pulled my attention was that the account holder is a non Kenyan and had no next of kin.The name goes by Mr Hindu O. Idi and i did a further investigation he died in the USA embassy bomb attack Nairobi 1998,and when i dug further i realise he was into raw comodities since then i have been monitoring the account waiting for his business partner to show up but uptill date nobody have shown up,Considering bank regulations only a foreigner can stand as a next of kin, so all I want you to do for me is to stand as a next of kin to Mr Hindu O. Idi so we can move the money out of Kenya to your country, after the deal i will fly over to your country and we will share it 50% each and you can help me carry out inv
estment in your country,Please do

Respond back to me on this email.
langatjohn@aol.com

Kind Regards
Langat John

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