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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: Robert Charles <thomasmiriam140@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ocem6211@aol.com
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 11:30:52 +0000
Subject: I left your Cashier's Check with my secretary

*My Dearest FriendI am very happy to inform you about my success in getting
that fund transferred through the help of another partner from London.
However, I will not forget all your past effort trying to assist me in
transferring the fund which later failed both of us before I finally found
this new partner from London who assisted me and the fund was transferred
successfully.Meanwhile, I kept a Cashier's cheque of One Million, Nine
Hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars ($1,950,000.00) as your
compensation with my secretary before I left for London. So contact my
secretary for the Cashier's cheque with Your full name, Current address
and Your cell number on the information below: NAME: Mr. Edward JohnEMAIL:
je6230@aol.com <je6230@aol.com>Ask him to send you the Cashier's cheque
that I instructed him. I am very busy here in London because of the
investment projects which my new partner and I are having at
hand. Regards,Mr. Robert Charles.*

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