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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: Ahmed Anuar <ahmedanuar240@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:45:08 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I have emailed you earlier without a response. In my first email I
mentioned my late client whose relatives I cannot get in touch with, but
both of you have the same surname so it will be easy to make you become his
next of kin. Below is the link to information on the unfortunate incident
in which he and his entire immediate family died in a plane crash;



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html



Before his death, he deposited the sum of US$ 16,600,000.00 (Sixteen
Million Six Hundred thousand United State Dollars) with the bank here and
now they have asked me to provide a next of kin if there is or the estate
will then revert to the government and so it would be lost. My proposal is
that you allow me to present you as the next of kin so that documentation
could be processed in your name and payment made in your favour.
If you are interested please do let me know so that I can give you
comprehensive details on what we are to do. Please reply to -
ahmedanuar@mail.com .

Regards,
Ahmed Anuar.

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