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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: "ALAN EDWARDS & CO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alanedwardslawoffice@maktoob.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:46:05 -0800
Subject: PLEASE, HELP MISS. LAUDAT AND HER FATHER'S FUND.....Reminder.

            ALAN EDWARDS & CO
(Legal practitioners,Will,Finance & Probate Solicitors)
Campden Hill House, 192-196 Campden Hill Road, London W8 7TH.
 
                                                                             Date: March 11th, 2010.
 
Dear Sir,
 
I am very sorry to use this medium to contact you in this important business, it was due to the urgency involved. My late client, Mr. Adams Laudat was an influential wealthy businessman and a former UK minister, he died along with his wife in a Tube explosion between King's Cross-and Russell Square, London in 2005. He left behind a daughter who is 12 years old, legal will and a deposit of (GBP7,500,000.00), Seven Million Five Hundred Pounds Sterling only in a secret coded account which is dormant now with a Finance institution here in London.
 
In my clients WILL, he deposed that i contact someone from your country whose profile I have verified to take the guardianship of his daughter and the estate for investment and then ploughed back some of the dividend to the charity/orphanages. Legally and within the ambit of the laws of the Great Britain, i have filed a claim and shall certify same in your favor as the executor of the will upon receipt of your valid contact information.
 
To this end, you are hereby advised to send it immediately because I have ascertained your profile and you may call me on my personal phone number: +447024075954 for further clarification purposes and negotiation on your compensation. Be advised, that this transaction is risk free otherwise my chambers will not contact you because it is against our ethics and the British/International laws to engage in fraudulent activities.
 
Yours sincerely,
Alan Edwards Esq.

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