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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: Harry Smith <harrysmith20002@gmail.com>
Reply-To: harrysmithtradebank@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:10:55 +0530
Subject: BANK BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Harry Smith, I work with Trade Capital Bank London England. I am contacting you in respect of an investment you probably would be interested in. I got your contact from the chamber of commerce and industry in my quest to source person act as next of kin to a deceased account.

The investment has to do with the funds of a deceased client. Who has no next of kin as he died with his wife and only child; I was his account officer before he passed away. I am contacting you as i have all documents relating to the account and can facilitate the claim.
The client was having a total sum of Five Million British Pounds (£5,000 000.00) in his fixed deposit account with my branch. The funds have been there in his account for over five years with no one to claim the funds.

I have an arrangement to legally make you the beneficiary so you can receive the funds in your account as the legal beneficiary and you will get 40% of the funds.

I will also need you to help manage my share until I retire, and please be rest assured that this will be done legally and this transaction would have to be kept absolutely confidential.
If you are interested then kindly send me an email to my private email:
harrysmithtradebank@gmail.com

When I get a reply from you then I will give you more information.



Regards


Harry Smith.


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