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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: Simone Pheonix <lawrencemark17@gmail.com>
Reply-To: simonepheonix@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 14:51:30 -0800
Subject: BENEFICIARY


I am a legal practitioner with equity
law chambers in UK.My names are Simone Pheonix,A
personal attorney to my late client who was
an expertrate contractor with Oil
servicing Firm here in United Kingdom.
My client passed on as a result
of a heart attack. Since then I have
made several inquiries to your embassy
to locate any of my client's extended
Relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace you over
the Internet hence I contacted you because
you bear the same SURNAME with my late client.
I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the bank where
this huge deposits were lodged,Specifically
Lloyds TSB Bank PLC UK. . Where the deceased
had an account Valued at about Forty Million
British Pounds(£40,000,000.00)The bank has Issued
me a notice to provide the next of kin.
Or have the account confiscated within
the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased so that this account valued at
(£40,000,000.00) can be paid on your behalf.
The sharing modality is till open and negotiable
between us.All I require is your honest cooperation
to enable us see this business through. I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you, from
any breach of the law. Please get in
touch with me by my email and for more
details regarding to this transaction.

Yours
Faithfully,
Simone Pheonix.

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