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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: kofi amed <kofiamed@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:41:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: SORRY FOR THE DELAY: KOFI AMED


DEAR SUZIE,

THIS IS KOFI AMED, I SAW YOUR MAIL DATED 18TH SEPT. BUT I AM SORRY FOR NOT WRITING YOU BACK, I TRAVEL FOR A BANK MEETING AT ABIDJAN SO THAT IS WHY, PLEASE DUE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY.

YOU ARE FROM CHINA, ALWAYS WRITE ME WITH ENGLISH BECAUSE I DONT UNDERSTAND CHINA.
ACTUALLY THIS BUSINESS IS REAL, AS I TOLD YOU IN MYFIRST MAIL, I GOT YOUR CONTACT IN COFERENCE MEETING , SO AS I CAME BACK I DECIDED TO WRITE YOU.

ALL WHAT YOU WILL DO IS IF YOU AGREE TO DO THIS BUSINESS WITH ME, SEND ME YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER, I WILL CALL YOU AND BY MONDAY, I WILL FORWARD YOU TWO FORMS FROM MY BANK WHICH YOU WILL FILL OUT YOUR BANK INFORMATION AND SEND BACK TO ME, FOR THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY, AND ASAP I WILL MEET YOU IN LONDON FOR MY SHARE AND WE CAN ALSO OPEN OUR OWN CLUB.

HAVE ANICE DAY.
BEST REGARDS,
KOFI AMED.
+233 244 202 798.




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