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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: james ude <nardin.stefano@alice.it>
Reply-To: uwestern47@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:40:31 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: your first payment is ready now

WE FINALLY CONCLUDED TO EFFECT YOUR FUND OF
(US$3,5M) VIA WESTERN UNION OFFICE THIS
MORNING AS THE BEST AND EASIER WAY
TO CASH YOUR FUNDS IN ANY OF YOUR NEAREST WU OFFICE IN YOUR CITY,

AND BASED ON MY AGREEMENT
WITH WU DIR, james ude
YOUR DELIVERY WILL START

IMMEDIATELY YOU CONTACT
HIM WITH ALL YOUR INFORMATION AS FOLLOW
YOUR NAME
YOUR HOME
ADDRESS
YOUR COUNTY/CITY
YOURAGE/SEX
DIRECT PHONE
NUMBER
ID COPY
OCCUPATION
WU OFFICE:
CONTACT mr james ude

E-MAIL: uwestern47@yahoo.com
PHONE NO +22968551752
YOUR FUNDS AMOUNT DEPOSITED IS
US$3.5million

BEST
REGARDS,
mrS

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