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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: Eunice Ton <euniceton01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Eunice Ton <eunice.ton@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 01:27:10 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Liebes Kind Gottes,


Liebes Kind Gottes,



Grüße 'ich bin. Frau Eunice Ton, eine Witwe zu spät Herr Fabrice Ton. Ich bin 75 Jahre alt und leide an Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs. Mein Zustand ist
wirklich


schlecht und es ist ganz offensichtlich, dass ich nicht mehr als drei Monate nach meinen Ärzten leben.


Ich bin bereit, die Summe von sechs Millionen, vierhunderttausend Dollar
(6,4 Mio. US $) united states dollars durch Sie in anderen zu spenden,
um den armen


Witwen und den weniger privilegierten in den ländlichen Gebieten zu helfen und andere karitative Arbeiten durchzuführen .


Ich warte auf Ihre dringende Antwort zu gehen.


Freundliche Grüße,

Frau Eunice Ton

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