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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: "info000@bigpond.com" <info000@bigpond.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:49:39 +1100 (AEDT)
Subject: Greetings from Mrs. Farida Abdullah




How are you today My Dear Friend ,

My name is Mrs Farida Abdllah.i am a retired banker of Bank Of Africa
(BOA)  in Burkina Faso, I  do not want problems but i just hope you can
assist me.i write you this letter in good faith, i have a transaction of
four million five hundred and twenty thousand us dollar:($4,520,000.00
sud).

I realized this fund from bank excess profit after trading with the
capital sum and i deposited the funds in escrow call account; where
nobody will have access to it; even the bank does not have access to
this account because it cannot be deducted; until after the
transfer.finally i did not declare this fund to the bank before my
retirement.

Provided you follow my instruction and everything will go well and the
money will enter your account

May God bless you  and your family.

I wait your urgent reply

Best regards,
Mrs Farida Abdllah

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