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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 McKay <younesabdel2020@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mckaydavid18@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 11:41:55 -0700
Subject: RE: YOUR MAIL

Dear Sir/Madam

I am David McKay an accountant by profession, and acts as a private
consultant to some clients in Canada ranging from top business
personals, serving and retired Army. Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel and
top Government functionaries whose privacy is shrouded in topmost
secrecy.

As stated above I have client's mandate to seek for a reputable, and
well-established individual to help channel some funds into profitable
investment abroad. The proposed funds are an estimated ($10.5 million)
and he his specific in investing these funds outside the Canada.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the moralities and technicalities whereby
the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any
hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 50-50%. If you are interested, you
should send your direct phone number so we could discuss more on phone
as regard the transaction.

I hope you will treat my request with expediency as time is of great
importance to my client. Write me back to my Private email:
david101@luukku.com

Yours sincerely.

Mr. David Mckay
Royal Bank of Canada

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