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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: "Mrs.Tessy Tohouri" <tessytohouri@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Tessy Tohouri" <tessytohouri132@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:28:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings in the name of lord


Hi dear ,

It is good to write today although we have
not known or met
before. My name is Mrs. TessyTohouri . I am married to Mr Martin Tohouri , who based
in
Ivory Coast as
an investor for a period
of 19 years. He left a certain amount of 11 million US dollars with a financial institution in Ivory Coast. Recently, my doctor told me that I could not live for more than eight months from now , due to my cancer disease .

Having known
my condition I decided to donate this fund to an organization or good person that will use the benefit of the underprivileged. Using part of it to establish businesses that will create employment opportunities
for the unemployed is also a good idea. Any delay in your reply will give me room to find another good person for this same purpose. May God bless you for all you do on
your behalf.

greetings,
Mrs.Tessy
Tohouri

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