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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: "Estelle Hatfield" <geraldine@fandis.com.mx>
Reply-To: psriatcher@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:19:26 -0800
Subject: Good morning Notification Transfer of US$2,732,000.00


- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

Good morning,
Are you the owner of this email address? if so, we have noticed that you have not yet received our previous message, but we would like to congratulate and inform you that after thorough review of all unclaimed funds, lottery funds, Inheritance funds, contract funds, etc.,, in conjunction with the auditors report to UN accounts, your payment file was forwarded to our office for the immediate transfer of US$2,732,000.00 to your bank account, a compensation for your funds retarded.
Audit reports given to us shows that you have been going through a difficult moment by paying a lot of money to certain groups of individuals for the transfer of your fund, which was delayed by some dubious officials.
So we therefore advice you to stop further communication with any correspondence outside this office since you do not have to pay any money or fee to receive your funds as you have met up with all the requirements of funds transfer.
If you follow our guidelines, your compensation fund of US$2,732,000.00 will be credited to your bank account and copies of the fund transfer documents will be sent to you and your bankers for confirmation in the next three (3) working days.
For the immediate transfer of the US$2,732,000.00 to your bank account, Contact Rev. Sister Rosie Kate immediately for your compensation payment as soon as you receive this message today.
Contact Name: Rev. Sister Rosie Kate
E-mail:
marythather392@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone:+ 79554643 Ext,122
Yours faithfully,
Estelle Hatfield
Officer financial services, IMF

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