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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: "Albert Morris" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <albertmorris172@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:06:26 +0530
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL!

Dear Friend,

Compliment of the season!

I am Albert Morris a senior staff in file keeping section of the foreign remittance department of Bank of Scotland, United Kingdom. I hope that you will not betray or expose this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $5 Million (Five Million United State Dollars Only) immediately to your account.

This is a very highly secret and I will like you to please keep this proposal as a top secret or delete it if you are not interested upon receipt of your reply to my private email id: albertmorris171@gmail.com. I will send to you more details about this business deal.

I will also direct you on how this deal will be done without any problem; you must understand that this is 100% free from risk.

Therefore my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
If yes, get back to me immediately.

I would be grateful for your prompt reply.

Regards

Albert Morris

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