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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: "Mrs Anabel" <l_anabel@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:06:49 +0530
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP

Dear Sir/Madam

Please i beg you to read and reply back to me, i need your assistance urgently please. My Name is Mrs Larry Anabel.
i hope all is well with you? I am a Widow handling my late husband business I have in my possession the sum of $3.5million USD
which my late husband left in his account,and i want to move out the money to a safer place for investment.Because my late husband
relatives want to take this money away from me they even plan to take away my life then i decided to ran to a refugee camp where am
right now.I want you to stand as my beneficiary and receive the fund and keep it safe so that as soon as am through with my mission here in
the camp, you will assist me to invest it in a good profitable business, I will give you 40% of the total money for your assistance
after you have receive the money, 60% will be for me. Please reply back to me if you are willing to work with me so that i can send you
the proof of who i am and also the certificate of deposit and the details of where the money is been deposited, your urgent reply is
needed.(l_anabel@outlook.com)

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