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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: "FRANK INVEESTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <amarablessing01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:43:49 -0700
Subject: RE: AW: I AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE

Guten Tag Sir/Madam

Ich habe einen Investment-Vorschlag für Sie. Ich bin die Aufforderung, ihre Partnerschaft, um Sie als Partner einer verstorbenen Kunden, die ich war sein persönlicher Anwalt und mich bei der Investition der Verstorbenen zu unterstützen Fonds, die im Leerlauf liegt in seiner Bank, ohne jemals kommen, um zu behaupten, Sie und investieren Sie in Ihrem Land für die beiden von uns.

Kontaktieren Sie mich über diese e-Mail (amarablessing01@gmail.com) mit ihrer eigenen privaten e-Mail-Adresse für alle Details, wenn Sie interessiert sind.

Hinsichtlich,


Herr Francis Mark
Tel: + 856 2056287726
Hinweis: Vertraulichkeit und Aufrichtigkeit sind das grundlegende Potenzial dieser Transaktion.

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