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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: "Henry Clark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <henryclark90@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:39:58 -0700
Subject: From Henry Clark

Good day,
 
I am a captain with the United Nations troop in Afghanistan, on war against terrorism. Based on the   United States legislative and executive  decision, for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Our   mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States and  the   European Union on war against terrorism. On the other hand I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of (15.9million   U.S.D) Which I got from crude oil deal  here in Afghanistan. I deposited this money with a Red Cross agent informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of the money. It is under my  power to approve whoever that comes forth for this money.
 
I want to invest the money for a good business,  so I need someone I could trust to channel this box & If you accept i  will transfer the money to you. Where you will be the beneficiary because I am a uniformed  person and I cannot be parading such  an amount so I need to present  someone as the  beneficiary.
I am an intelligence officer for that so I have a 100% authentic means of  transferring the  money through diplomatic courier service .I just need your acceptance and all  is done. Please  if you are interested in this transaction I will give to you the complete details you need for  us to carry out this transaction successfully decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary and that is why I went to a secured site where I can be sure that the person is real.  I believe I can trust you.
 
Where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which is  much secured so nobody can monitor  our conversation, then I can explain in details to you, at  the moment i can only reach you through email, because our calls might be  monitored, i just   have to be sure of whom I am dealing with for more confidence in me for the deal and I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me. I hope am been fair on this deal, get back   to me with your full information such  as:
 
Your Full Name,_________________________ Your Full  Address,______________________ ____
Your Direct Cell phone Number,___________________ Occupation  and Age.__________________________
 
If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so I can call you for further  Inquiry when I am out of our military network am writing from a fresh email account so if you  are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message, if no response  after 3days I will then search for someone else.
 
Regards,
 
Captain Henry Clark

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