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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: aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa <aaaaagdaaaaaaa@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:08:05 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Dobr=FD_de=F2/Good_Day?=


Dobrý deò, rád by som prostredníctvom vás investoval desa» miliónov devä»stotisíc amerických dolárov vo va¹ej krajine, ozvite sa mi, ak máte záujem a ste schopní to zvládnu».
Odpovedzte mi na môj e-mail ni¾¹ie, kde nájdete v¹etky podrobnosti o firme.
S priateµským pozdravom
Pán James White
joneswhite202420242@outlook.com
joneswhite20172018@yahoo.com
Tel: 27783523315


Good Day, I will like to invest Ten Million Nine Hundred Thousand United State Dollars, in your country through you, do get back to me, if you are interested and capable of handling it.
Do respond to me by my email below, for full details of the business.
Kind Regards
Mr. James White
joneswhite202420242@outlook.com
joneswhite20172018@yahoo.com
Tel: 27783523315


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