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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: yim-seong-mo <yimseongmo@linuxmail.org> (may be fake)
Date: 15 Jun 2005 15:59:16 -0000
Subject: PAYMENT REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED!!!!



27h Bao Feng Mansion,
299 Jingjiang Road,
Shanghai, CHINA,
www.cmiec.com

Att : Sir/Madam,
I am Mr.Yim Seong Mo, we are group of business Co-operative who deal on import and export raw materials into europe, america and Canada, we are searching for representative who can help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers in europe america and Canada as well making payment through you to us. we will be very glad if you can be our representative in your country and earn 10% of every payment made through you to us. if you are interested in transacting business with our company, for more details contact our Managing Director :

MANAGING DIRECTOR CONTACT DETAILS BELOW:

Name : Mr.Wang Qin
Email : wangqincmiec@telkom.net

Your sincerely
Mr.Yim Seong Mo.
( CMIEC )



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