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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: A PRIVATE CONSULTANT <scottlucas@keromail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:44:43 -0500
Subject: FROM DR. SCOTT

Please do not be offended by using this medium to reach you for a business deal of this magnitude, this is due to the urgency it demands.

I am a Private consultant based in Europe. A group of Government Officials from Africa contacted me with a Proposal. I am to make contact with you and state their offer, if your Interest is Genuine, you will be Contacted for your Account details to which will be transferred the sum of US$33,600,000.00 USD. (20% of which is yours). You are then required to forward the remaining balance (Minus the Interest, handling and tax clearance charges, which Will be offset by Us & Deducted from the transferred sum) to a nominated Bank account in the Cayman Islands.

I don't think I need to spell out the importance of Secrecy in this Matter considering the amount involved. Let me state clearly here that the account that you would be providing does not need to have funds in it, it is only needed to be active and be able to receive funds. So, if I don't hear from you within three days I will assume you are not interested and will solicit for a new partner, but if you are interested let me know by contacting me via Email address: scottlucas@keromail.com, Please, forward your contact details and list your phone & fax Numbers so we may communicate with you. This is important as we would have to talk about the modalities of the transaction.

Waiting to hear from you,

Dr.Scott.



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