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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: "alexis" <yalexisbrian@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:50:30 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: YOUR DETAILS IS NEEDED


DEAR VICTIM-FULLNAME,THANKS FOR YOUR MAIL AND IT IS LONG ,AND GOD HAVE MADE ME TO SHARE A JOY WITH MY FAMILY ,KINDLY FORWARD YOUR DETAILS TO ME SUCH AS PHONE AND FAX NUMBER ALSO YOUR HOME ADDRESSWITH YOUR PASSPORT AND YOUR COMPANY NAME PLEASE SINCE YOU MAKE A STATEMENT THAT MR EZE COLLECT MONEY FROM YOU WITHOUT SEE ANY FUND ,THAT IS WRONG , AS A CHRISTAIN I WILL NOT LIKE A SITUATION WHEREBY WE HAVE TO LOOSE THIS FUND ,DUE TO THIS IS ALL MY LIFE AND THEN YOU WILL CONTACT THE SECURITY COMPANY WHO IS HOLDING THIS FUND AND THEY WILL ADVISE YOU ON WHAT TO DOBUT ALWAYSD KEEP IT CONFFIDETAISL TO YOURSELF AND I WILL KEEP MINE THIS WILL BE SECURE ON YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR DETAILS NOTE WE HAVE A CODE TO AVOID MISTAKE OF THIS FUND ,SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN CHEATED BEFORE ,I WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE SECURITY COMPANY CALL THE CITI TRUST SECURITY COMPANY AND FINANCES LIMITED ,THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IS CALL MR PETER ETTUK AND THIS IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INVESTIGATTION DEPARTMENT WHICH IS MRS
SANDRER MIKE WHO WILL ARREST THIS TOUT FOR YOU AND SHE HAVE SOME NAME OVER HER OFFICE THANKS AND BEEN WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST ,ALWAYS REMEMBER OUR CODE 055 MR ALEXIS BRIAN

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