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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Alex Tutu" <alex_tutu1@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: alextutu@shuf.com
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:19:18 -0700
Subject: REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT

REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT

Dear Sir,

My name is Mr.Alex Tutu;I work in a Security Company in
South Africa.There is an Investor from Democratic Republic
of Congo [DRC] former Minister, who lodged some fund
cash {for safekeeping in our company}

I received instruction from him to look for a reliable foreign
partner/investor who can receive and manage the fund for
him until his ordeal with the Government is over, currently
he is under detention and probe, his offence is political
motivated {he is aspiring for the office of the president
come next election} However the money originated from
gratification/under the counter sales of copper in his
ministry,The amount is $58,600,000.00 USD.

Kindly help you will be adequately rewarded for assisting.

Regards.


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