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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: "Dr Jack Robinson" <jrobinson_royalmortgage@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:40:45 +0100
Subject: From: Dr Jack Robinson / For Your Attention

Dear Sir

My name is Dr Jack Robinson and I am the Managing Director of Royal Mortgage And Atlantic Security Company. And I am writing this mail to you as a matter of urgency inviting you to come into business partnership with me.

Further to this as a matter of importance, I viewed you as a faithful and serious business personality having gone through your profile in one of the internet pages hence I am confidence enough in sending this mail to you with every trust you that you will faithfully work and co-operate with me to achieve a fair and happy transaction.

Meanwhile, please I want to confidentially inform you that we have a huge sum of Fixed Deposit confidentially made by one of our clients who is trying to escape from the Government probe and under the Fixed Deposit Agreement between my organization and the client, the money will be due for withdrawal in the next 10 years.

So I have made up my mind to use this money for business in your country so as to make enough profit from the money before the 10 years withdrawal period when the client will withdraw the money. And this I need you to come into partnership with me so that you and I can team up together and look for good businesses in your country or anywhere in the world you know and invest the money in order to make good profit for ourselves while we share the profit equally. And from my own point of view, I want us to buy Companies or Invest in shares. But let me hear from you first so that we can come together and make decissions.

Please I am urgently waiting to hearing from you through this email addresss:


Thanks

Dr Jack Robinson





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