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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: martin ohia <martinohia1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:48:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent


Dear VICTIMNAME VICTIMNAME,

The content of your email is clearly understood, well if i don't have trust in you i will not contact you for this deal, i am a christian i will like you to tell me if this fund will be safe with you before the transfer will be effected, absolute confidencial
if you are ready to do this business with me, you are to send your full name or companys name for the registration and incorporation as the beneficiary of this said fund, secondly your contact address and your phone number with cell phone number for easy communication, i will also like you to send me your international passport for my perusal, as i will be sending you my onlypassport tomorrow
looking forward doing this business with you
thank you
best regards
martin


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