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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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Fraud email example:

From: martin_dan3@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:27:28 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MAIL?=



ATTN

COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY:
I AM MR MARTIN DANGOGO A DISTRICT MANAGER OF(ECO BANK PLC TOGO)
I GOT YOUR CONTACT VIA INTERNET.
CONTACTING YOU IN VIEW TO OF A BUSINESS PROPOSAL OR OFFER,DURING AUDITING
OF FILES I GET TO FIND OUT AN ACCOUNT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN OPERATED SINCE
1990,SO WE WENT TROUGH THE FILE I FOUND OUT THAT IT BELONGS TO A RUSSIAN
DECEASED CUSTOMER IN OUR BANK MR ALAN SEAMAN ,WHO DIED OF ACCIDENT IN 1990
IN TOGO,HE LEFT ABOUT $13.6 MILLION USD BEFORE HIS DEATH,WHICH I HAVE ALL
THE DOCUMENTS REGARDING THIS.
SINCE THEN WE TRIED TO LOCATE HIS NEXT OF KIN WITH OUT ANY SUCESS SO AM
NOW ASKING YOUR TO CLAIM AS HIS NEXT OF KIN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE APPROVALS
TO TRANSFER THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT .
I WILL OFFER YOU 40% OF THE TOTAL SUM AND 10% WILL BE F0R EXPENSES THEN
THE REST I WILL KEEP FOR MY SELF .THIS
IS MY ONLY HOPE TO SURVIVE AFTER ME MY RETIREMENT.AS SOON AS THE MONEY IS
TRANSFERED THEN I WILL COME AND MET YOU IN PERSON
YOU REPLY ME MY PRIVATE BOX MAKE THIS OUR TRANSACTION CONFIDENTIAL WITH
UPMOST SECRECY.
GET BACK TO ME ASAP.
REGARDS,
Mr martin dangogo





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