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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. Dag Larsson" <>
Reply-To: dageriklarsson@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:23:06 -1100
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPOND NEEDED

Hello Friend,

I am Mr. Dag Erik Larsson charge of United Nations Auditing section Asian Development Bank(A.D.B.) Jakarta Indonesia. I have decided to contact you on a project that will be very beneficial to both of us. During our auditing in this Bank, I came across some amount of money belonging to a deceased foreign investor who died with his wife and their only daughter on July 31, 2000 in a plane crash. The fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody from his relation before my discovery.

The said amount is $20,500,000 (Twenty Million Five Hundred thousand US Dollars). Please Check the web link for confirmation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm The quest of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indigenous Indonesian can not stand as next of kin. I don't want this money to go into the Bank Headquarters treasury as unclaimed Funds after 15 years. Be rest assured this transaction is 100% risk free.

On your response, we shall discuss the method of this transaction. I look forward to receive your urgent reply. dageriklarsson@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Dag Larsson.

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