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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: =?big5?q?David=20Kojo?= <ddkkojogibltd77@yahoo.com.tw>
Reply-To: davidkojo_2006@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:22:52 +0800 (CST)
Subject: GULF INTERNATIONAL BANK LTD. GHANA BRANCH.ACCRA GHANA. ADDRESS:Re-insurance House, 68 Kwame Nkrumah Avenue. personal email: gtb@mail.vu E-Fax 1-928-222-9252----------------------- Greetings. My name is Mr. David Kojo the Manager, Credit and Foreign Bills of GULF INTERNATIONAL BANK (GHANA) LTD Am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account number D14-A55-096/GIB/D who perished in a plane crash (EGYPT-AIR BOEING 676-300) with the whole passengers aboard. Since the demise of this


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