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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: Tan Jingwu <alwellak19@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:56:55 +0700
Subject: I seek your co-operation

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thanks for taking the time to read my email. I am a senior banker in
Cambodia. I have an offer to make.

Here it goes:

My customer was among the victims of MH370 (Malaysian Airline) which went
missing and presumed all passengers dead.

He was an investor in oil and gas in Cambodia and through my records he was
unmarried and therefore don't have any successor. His investments is only
known to me as his personal friend.

Since the demise of my customer, the profits from his investments is still
being paid as part of shareholders of the company. According to his recent
bank statement, the amount is a staggering figure.(US$3,708,900.80)

Why I contact you is because I want you to become a part of the
shareholders in order to make it easier to access his bank account.

Due to the sensitive nature of this information I don't want to make this
offer to any local person of Cambodian citizen to avoid blackmail. I
believe you are a foreigner and it is easier because we don't know each
other and once our business is done, we will share the money and part our
different ways.

I am a senior banker and know how Cambodian banking system works, so there
is nothing to be afraid of. I want this proposal to remain and be
maintained as a secret. If you divulged any of this information, I will
abrogate this offer.

When I get your reply of acceptance, I will give you additional details on
what is required and it will take about 5 to 7 days and we will have access
to his account without restrictions once you agreed to be co-operative.

I am sending this email through my home Gmail account.

For important reasons, reply to my private work email: cab@accountant.com


Regards,

V. Sopheak Tanjingwu

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