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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: Ms OLivia Barbara Tettey <kinis2780@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Ms OLivia Barbara Tettey <olivia.btettey@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 02:06:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attn:Beneficiary, A cash grant award of an Atm card containing the sum of (US$4.5Million) The present Award Promo has been awarded to you The fund lottery being discussed is yours sequel to latest instruction from Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to pay those who have been pursuing the payment or the other but has not been paid for long. The fund will be paid through the ATM payment center here in Cotonou , Republic of Benin . The ECOWAS in collaboration and support of the World Bank




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