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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. Evans Green" <info728@iwpf.org>
Reply-To: green.evans01@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:13:57 -0800
Subject: hi

Alhough you might be apprehensive about my email as
we have not meet before,I am Mr Evans Green,I am a
Banker i work with Bank Of England,There is the sum of
$20,600,000.00 in my Bank "Bank Of England" There were
no beneficiaries stated concerning these funds which
means no one would ever come forward to claim it.

That is why I ask that we work together so as to have
the sum transfered out of my Bank into your Bank
Account or any other account of your choice. I will
be pleased to see if you can help me and also be a
good and trusted person. Once the funds have been
transferred to your Nominated Bank Account we shall
then share in the ratio of 60 for me, 40 for you,do
send me a mail as soon as possible for more details
here is my email address: green.evans01@yahoo.com

Regards
Mr Evans Green

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