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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: "Ce Fisica" <ce.fisica@ciens.ucv.ve>
Reply-To: aisha243@foxmail.com
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:38:02 -0430 (VET)
Subject: RE

I am Aisha Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, Daughter of the former Libyan leader,
Col. Muammar Gaddafi. I am offering you a partnership proposal in a
classified monetary transaction, which involves the need to secretly
relocate and secure some of our family funds concealed in a special escrow
dormant holding with a financial services company in Europe. I am in a
very difficult situation and I must immediately relocate this fund for
safety and investments purposes. The said funds is in the amount of
$5.5m(five million, five hundred thousand u.s dollars).

More so, this must be done in such a way that it must not be tied to me as
a result of my father's death and politics circumstances. More details of
the transaction will be disclosed to you once you can assure me that you
can be trusted to handle this. Honesty and trust is what I am in quest of,
so therefore your assurance of confidentiality and trust will be highly
appreciated. For further clarification.
I look forward to your earliest response,

Thank you
Aisha Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi

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