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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: Diezani Alison
Reply-To: <frankadamu10@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 21:00:40 +0300
Subject: Kindly need Your Assistance


"Hello, I'm Frank Adamu the personal assistance to Diezani Alison-Madueke served as Nigeria's oil minister from 2010-2015 and I need your help. I have been detained in a foreign country i have no access to my bank. If you can provide me with your bank account information I can deposit $5 million and then transfer $4million dollar to Scotland Yard, leaving you with $1million dollar for you. Please respond with your bank account routing number and account number"

http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-confirms-arrest-former-oil-minister-london-114420534.html

Regard
Frank Adamu
Personal Assistance

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