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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.Princess Intan Chandra" <preciousugom@gmail.com>
Reply-To: princess_intanchandra@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:27:36 -0400
Subject: Beloved...

Beloved,
This is my second mail to you and I need your response as soon as possible if you are ready as I seriously wanted to discuss this matter with you. However, I sincerely apologise if I am a disturbance to you.

Like i said on my first mail to you, I am from Indonesia but my husband is from India and we live in United Kingdom. I lost my husband on August 16, 2014.Meanwhile i have been struggling with cancer for a long time and my doctor said that the present stage is uncontrollable and I have a few months more to live. Before the death of my husband he worked a contract with the British government worth of 4.7 million Dollars, but death took him away before the money is sent to my bank account. My husband was a philanthropist before his death. He also encouraged me to help poor people because since we got married we have not been able to have any child.

Because of the present bad condition of my health I have sent two million dollars to my home town ( Indonesia ) and have deposited 700,000.00 $ to the hospital for my medication and will like to send the remaining two million dollars to you so that you will help me to give it to the poor people and the widows over there in your country as instructed by my late husband since we did not have any children to inherit this money. Please do not discriminate on religion, race or ethnicity when handling this project.

Try to reply me immediately for more information to my secured email address:
princess_intanchandra@hotmail.com
.
May God bless you and your family for doing the last wish of my late husband.
I would love to talk to you on the phone, but the problem is that I cannot speak well and clear due to pains.

Please keep this information very secret and do not tell anyone about this money at all for security reasons.

Truly yours,

Princess Intan Chandra
Secured Email: princess_intanchandra@hotmail.com

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