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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: "David Moga" <colerentals58@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davidmogamoga@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:01:23 +0100
Subject: Seeking Your Partnership

Attention: Sir / Madam

I write to seek your partnership in handling of future Investment in your country. My name is Mr. David Moga, I represent the interest of some wealthy politicians from North and Southern African countries, names withheld, who are interested in investing above $250 Million in your country’s economy, thus I make this contact with you to discuss the possibilities of a good profit yielding venture.

My clients do not want to deal with the people they knew before nor have this investment done with those that have done things with them in the previous, thus they asked me to open a fresh contact with individuals/companies, capable of handling investment and who will like to speak with me as regards to this.

If you would like to talk with me as per this matter, please write an email to this email address: davidmogamoga@gmail.com and i will get back to you with more details


Regards
David Moga

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