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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: Hycent Mamala <hycentmamala@aol.fr>
Reply-To: Hycent Mamala <hyecetmamala@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:13:22 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent Respond(11/11/2014)


Good Day

My name is Hycent Mamala,l am working with a reputable foreign Bank that I will later disclose to you.I know it's a surprise thing reading from someone you don't know before,but please forgive me with this unusual manner to contact you.

As an accountant in our bank,I discovered a dormant account sum of (USD10.5Million).The reason I want to use my position to present you as the legitimate next of kin and beneficiary of this funds which will be transferred to you as the next of kin to late deceased, because i cannot do it on my own due to my positive in the bank.We shall talk more on sharing percentage,for more details email immediately.

l promise to use my position to move this funds to you without violating any laws.

Regards,
Hycent Mamala

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