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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: "DICKSON J. MARBLE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drdicksonj@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 20:38:37 +0100
Subject: TRANSACTION PROPOSAL!

Greetings,

My sole aim of contacting you is to ask for your help in getting back the money left behind by a citizen of U.S, Ms. Anna Diaz Late Ms. Anna Diaz lived and worked in United States of America as a businesswoman and she made a sum of Three million, Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars (U$3,600,000.00) as fixed deposit in year 2013. I was her legal adviser in everything and as at the time of this deposit, I oversaw the opening of the bank account for her. However, the deposit was never serviced and it has not been claimed even as I write you.

Due to policy change, The bank has advised all depositors to come and withdraw their money or have them forfeited to the United States government when they fail to withdraw. The deposit of Ms. Anna Diaz is about to be taken over by the United States government as a result of her failure to withdraw and this made me undertake an independent investigation to know her whereabouts and In the course of my inquiries, I realized that she died in early 2015 as a result of heart related illness in her homeland in Philippine. The unfortunate thing is that she did not put in any beneficiary during the time she made the deposit despite my advice for her to put one. Since there is no beneficiary to the deposit, all I want is to seek for your consent to present you as the beneficiary of the deceased to claim the fund she left in the bank.

We will share the money into two equal parts (50:50) when the money is transferred. Everything will be done successfully as I am in a position to influence things in our favor, have no fear about this. Right now, I have copies of the necessary documents you will file to back up your claim as the beneficiary of the deposit. All I require is your sincerity and honest cooperation to enable us make the claim successfully and we have to do this within the shortest time possible because the money will be reverted to the government's account if not claimed now. If you are willing to do this with me, tell me now and I will inform you on what next to do in order to get the money from the bank.

Please, this is really a serious transaction and I want you to take it seriously as well. I will tell you more of myself, The bank and the claim itself when you write back indicating your willingness to make the claim with. Thank you and God bless you.

Yours sincerely,
Dickson J. Marble

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