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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: Pin Pinw <pin.pinw@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 16:50:53 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: ATTN


Hello,

My name is Mary D Nana I am 19 years. I was adopted by my beloved father, late captain John D Nana. A loving and caring father may his soul rest in peace. He died on the 2nd of March, 2015 due to a heart problem. Before the death of my late father, he was a wealthy and well known man.


Before his death, he wrote a WILL, and WILLED everything he had to me, which I never knew until 1st of September, 2015 when his honest and gentle barrister called for a family meeting to read his WILL. After reading the will, that was the moment I discovered he willed everything to me and that was the moment I knew that I was adopted for the past 19 years, that was the moment my problem started from the people I called my Aunt and my uncle. They took everything from me, both the house, his estates and companies I have nothing to do than to accept it because I don,t know where to go, no brother, no sister, no uncle.

Barrister Stanley called me and gave an envelope to my surprise when I opened it I saw a deposit certificate of Twenty Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand USD ($20,750.000.00USD) that my late father deposited for my future up keeping. I was filled with tears, I went to his grave,I called the Barrister whom is like a father to me too, he advised me to stay in the refugee camp not to come back home because my uncle and aunt are looking for me to take the certificate from me and cash the money because my late father did it with an original certificate nobody can get access to the fund. He advise me to look for a foreign beneficiary who can stand as my foreign beneficiary so that they can transfer the fund for me to leave Ghana.

Please email me on:  goodwayfile@gmail.com

Yours sincerely
Daughter,
Princess Mary D Nana

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