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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: "CAPT. SMITH SCOTT" <captsmithscott@outlook.com>
Reply-To: captsmithscott@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 21:54:07 +0200
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

Dear Friend.

Thanks for your mail and for accepting my offer. I apologize for my
late reply, it's due to my duty here. Since your last email to me on
the month of february, i couldn't reply back because my troops were
camping at the road to the jordanian border, that makes it difficult
for me to check my mail. Anyway as i was telling you before, i am
just looking for someone who will help me to receive this money from
Iraq. Someone i can trust, who will not run away with the money, I
have every proof of this transaction only i need your assistance in
transfering this money out of Iraq.

I really want to start a new life with this money after i finish my
mission here in Iraq. I found this money in one of our operations here
in iraq so i decided to keep it. I have hidden it somewhere safe where
nobody could find it. Please if you are promising me that this money
will be safe in your hands, i would be transferring the money to your
bank account. But i will not send the money at once. i will send it
bit by bit like ($500,000) each transfer. Will that be okay? Please
this must be very, very confidential. It will be just between you and
i, nobody else should know about this development.

I am ready now to transfer the money to you. I want you to send your
banking details to enable me start transferring the money. I will
transfer it with the Bank of Baghdad, Iraq. They do International
Transfer. I will inform you on what to do when i finally transfer the
money to you.

I am putting all my trust in you, Please do not disclose this deal to
anybody as to protect my duty with the US Marine here. I took my
picture and the money picture which i will send to you immediately i
receive your response; It wasn't easy for me to do that but i had to.
Remember, your share still remains the same 50% out of the total
amount of the money, while the rest of 50% goes to me. The total
amount of the money is $6.8million Dollars.

Send me these below information as you are replying in order for me to
use it for transaction purposes.


Your Phone Number..................................
Your International Passport or recent passport (for proper verification)
Name Of Your Country....................
Your Full Names.........................
Age.......................................
Sex.....................................
Your Full Contact Address........................
Your Bank Account details..........................

I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as possible to proceed. Do
not reply to this email, reply me to [ captsmithscott@yahoo.com ]
for security reasons.

Thanks.

Capt. Smith Scott.

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