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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: "Mele Kyari" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrmelekyari6@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 09:20:41 -0700
Subject: IMPORTANT DECISION

Dear Sir/Ma
 
My Name is Mele Kyari, I am the new Group Managing Director Of NNPC our Country Oil firm. I got your Contact on my search to get a reliable and trust worthy Person that I will use his Company or name to transfer Hugh sum of money Valued Twenty five Million United States Dollars ($25,000,000.00) abandoned here by my predecessor. I will use my position to approve the fund as a Contract execution done by you under my leadership and I will use a Lawyer here to secure all the Contract backdated documents that will enable you defend the source of the fund on arrival in your Country.
 
Rest assured that it is 100% risk free and you can confirm my status through this site: https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-48909086 to confirm my person and position. I will give you more details as soon as i here from you.
Thanks
Mr Mele Kyari,
GMD
Email:mrmelekyari6@gmail.com
 

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