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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: "Gerhardd" <trvl.anchal@uaeexchange.co.in>
Reply-To: barrhalibor@yahoo.com.tr
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:49:48 +0000
Subject: LET US ACHIEVE THIS TOGETHER

Good Day,

My name is Gerhard, a Legal Practitioner from Germany. I have tried to contact you severally without luck, I hope you get my message this time and respond immediately.

I have a client who made a fixed deposit of funds valued at US$14 Million with a bank and died intestate. My late client has no living relative, he lost his only son years ago which led to his wife divorcing him in June, 2006 as such there is no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin to file for the claims.

I have all the deposit documents in my possession therefore, under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin so that, this fund will not be confiscated by the Bank. Note that presenting you to the bank as the only surviving maternal relative gives us 100% opportunity to claim the funds successfully without any complications.

You and I will share the money, you will be entitled to 50% of the total fund for your role, while the balance 50% will be for me. Be informed that there is no risk involved as all the legal documents that will be needed to back you up as the true and only surviving maternal relative will be procured by me.

All I require is your sincerity, honesty, co-operation and utmost good faith to enable us achieve this successfully and it will be executed under a legitimate arrangement.

Kindly send me your complete contact information for proper discussions and more details about this. Do not forget a project of this magnitude requires utmost confidentiality and sincerity.

Reply me through my private email ( barrhalibor@yahoo.com.tr) I look forward to your urgent response.

Regards,

Gerhard

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