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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: Mrs Jane Mandy Banat <halimagana1979@gmail.com>
Reply-To: janemandybanat2@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:51:35 -0800
Subject: Jane Mandy,Charity care.

Hi
Greetings To you My Beloved,
I am Jane Mandy Banat, a Widow and Cancer patient from Australia but
based in Oklahoma U.S.A now,
I want you to assist me so that Federal Reserve Bank will release my
Late husband Mr. Ali Banat 51,000,000.00USD
in their bank to you because this fund is for Charity.
Mrs. Jane Mandy Banat
Email: janemandybanat2@gmail.com


You are going to use 21,000,000.00 for Charity and 20,000,000.00 for
you and 10,000,000.00 for my medical treatments,
and the reason why I contacted you is because I am very sick and I
can't be able to handle this myself.
So get back to me if only you can handle this transaction, and I also
need your honesty.

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