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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: "Mr Kiel Jude" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kiel.j@asia.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:27:15 -0700
Subject: Hallo lieve vriend./Hallo lieber Freund.

Hallo lieber Freund.

Mein Name ist Herr Kiel Jude, ich habe eine Transaktion, die ich Ihre Hilfe der Natur dieser Deal benötigen. Es geht um die Übertragung von $ 18.800.000.00usd in Ihr Konto von einem hier Bank. Bitte Ich werde wirklich zu schätzen, wenn Sie mir Ihre volle Zusammenarbeit geben kann, ich Sie diesen viel mehr erzählen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen.

Herr Kiel Jude

Hallo lieve vriend.

Mijn naam is de heer Kiel Jude, ik heb een transactie die ik uw hulp van de aard van deze Deal nodig hebben. Het gaat om de overdracht van $ 18.800.000.00usd op uw rekening van een bank hier. Gelieve Ik zal echt waarderen als u mij uw volledige medewerking kan geven, zal ik u meer over deze deal te vertellen.

Oprecht.

De heer Kiel Jude

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