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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.Kenneth Tsang." <ken_tsang27@sino.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kennethtsang27@sino.net
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:25:55 +0000
Subject: Proper Attention.

Greetings,

My name is Dr.Kenneth Tsang the financial controller of a prominent
elder statesman. Before he left office, he instructed me, being his
financial controller to look for a capable hand (someone) who will
invest his money amounting to { Eleven million dollars } 11,000,000
dollars in period of ten years, the trustee of the money will have
10% of it and the interest will be shared fifty/fifty.

The contract can be renewed after twenty years. So if you are prepared
to work with his Excellency invest his money, please contact me
immediately for more details. For your information we also have diamond
secured in a very big quantity. Please give proper attention to this
email. Then if you’re interested I will direct you on the next step to
take.

Thank you and waiting for your urgent response,

Dr.Kenneth Tsang.



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