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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. Yu Sok" <sokyu@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 03:19:00 +0000
Subject: Reply Immediately, Can I Trust You?


Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Ponleu Meaker, a seasoned Banker with Foreign Trade Bank Cambodia. I am account officer to a deceased customer of our bank, a national of your country that shares the same name as yours. This deceased client of mine died on a hasty motor accident wit his family along Cambodia Expressway on the 14th of November 2011. Since his death, his account of US$26,586,200.00 Milloin with us has been unclaimed due to unavailability of a next of kin/relatives to claim his estate.

In accordance with the escheat laws in Cambodia as a kingdom, the board of directors of the Bank met forth night ago and resolved to turn the estate of the deceased over to Government having waited for too long without the deceased relatives/next of kin surfacing property and if this is done, invariably, the funds will end up to become Government property and it is as a result of this that am moved to contact you considering the fact that you share almost the same name with the deceased.

In view of this, am seeking your cooperation and understanding to stand as the deceased next of kin to enable us claim the inheritance before the period given by the Bank elapse. If you are interested and in agreement with me, get back to me quickly and I will send to you all our Bank contacts and the informations you may need to proceed without coming to Cambodia, and be rest assured that it is risk free project and the proceedings will be shared 40 once the fund are expatriated into your account anywhere in the world.

For more details, contact me via this e-mail address (polmker@gmail.com) with your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication and oral discussion. I shall wait for days and if I do not hear from you, I will look for another person.

Wait your prompt response immediately.

Best Regards.

Mr. Ponleu Meaker



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