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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: "Taylor Simon" <taylorrmon58@gmail.com>
Reply-To: taylorsimon558@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 19:07:13 -0400
Subject: Re: Information!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Compliments ,
I am Capt.Taylor Simon, a retired military officer from american army,
there is an emergency and i wish to discuss this affair with you and it is
strictly secret between us, i am on the run because our deal in
Afghanistan is now made open, i have my share of 12.000.000.00 Dollars
which i want you to assist to move away, the money is with a security firm
in turkey and at the moment i can not go back to my country until further
notice, so i will be needing your utmost assistance in this latest
development, the money was made from contract invoice and fuel smuggling.
i will give you the full details of the deposit and i want us to share the
money 60/40, 60% for me while 40% will be for you.
Please i want all our conversation to be strictly on email to email please.
Anticipating your urgent response.
Capt.Simon Taylor


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