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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: jacqueline feddag <jacqueline0710@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: jacqueline feddag <jacquelinefeddag@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:27:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Ms Jacqueline ,


My Dearest,
,
My name Feddag Jacqueline , I am of Algerian nationality and I live in Iraq with Nizar Hamboum in his country for over 13 years and I serve  Mr.Nizar Hamboum . My role was to ensure the proper operation of his residence and Mosul to take care of all the bills and support a whole. my master disclose everything's he was done and .Nizar  held several important positions in his country in Iraq and around the world . in 1993-1999 , it was Ambassador to the United Nations in New York The Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as its member countries. He was an influential member in relations mediator between the United States and Iraq in the 1980s.He died Friday, July 5, 2014 in New York,Memorial Cancer Center Sloan -Kettering on heart attack. before he died, he asked me to surveillance the society and the preservation of private property, a junction box which contained ( $ 17.5 million U.S. )He asked me to deposit the box on my behalf and give him the report
because he wanted discretion and security for its goods.also He asked me to codified the box as a family treasure for his safety reasons

Mr.Nizar Hamboum advise me remove the box out from Iraq to avoid problems with the government, even the company is not aware of the contents of the box because the package was coded as a family treasure and therefore private property deposited in society in Iraq before the war broke out.Based on information from the company , they told me they could not move the package to another place ,but in Africa it will be their base specifically in Côte Ivoire .He wanted to build a hotel in Saudi Arabia.


As God does not sleep he allowed the property made on my name and I am the only one who knows the existence of this trunk box . I want you to know that any help you give me will not be in vain , It is my intention to compensate you with 30%  of total ($ 17.5 million ) I want all the information and documentation of the existence of this property made on your name.I want you to let me know if you want help me so that I will send you information of the property and the company that trunk box is been in there custody so that you come in contact with them advise them to deliver the box to you .

I want you to know that this is a diplomatic society and i need your address so that they will deliver the package to you . Note that the certificate of deposit bears no name of beneficiary and it will be easy for you to remove the package to your country. I want everything  remains secret to ensure my safety and security of the property.

I have no source of communication the only source is my computer laptop I have in my room. For more security and discretion.


Thank you for your
understanding.
Feddag

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