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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: "jarckmartins perrtstore" <jarckmartins@perrystore.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 23:48:55 +0000
Subject: {Spam?}

Hello Seller.
my nams is jarckmartins from canada,i want  to make  an  urgent
purchase of your item for my new branch in west africa and i need  3 QTY of thisitem  and i can not wait till the bid  end and i promise that iwill add extra  100  dollars to  your money,forthe payment i will like to make it through western union money orderdelivery because it is the only way for me to  do  the payment and   all theseller like it because they deliver their money at there  door  step by  the western union agent.so i want you to tell me the total  cost of the item plus the shipping cost plus the  extra  money that  i want to add  to  your money and i want you to  ship  out  the item via ups.so i will  be expecting your  reply as soonas possible,reply me to jarckmartins@perrystore.com
Thanks

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