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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: viviani kwuame <viviani_kwuame26@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:31:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM Viviani


Dearrest One

Are you willing to assist me or not, i am an orphan and i need your urgent assistance for the sake of my life and my inheritance fund and i had already introduce you to the bank director as the right person that will assist me out. Please do kindly tell me now because i took accommodation in the hotel and the hotel bills is now increasing everyday, if you are interested, i am willing to offer you 20% out of the total fund for your urgent assistance to me and i will never disapoint you or let you down in any way, please tell me now, are you willing to assist me in transfering this fund into your account in your country.I will be looking forwards to hear from you immediately now.

Thanks with best regards,
Viviani.



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