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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: "SGT. CHARLES BROWN" <sgtcharlesbrown@myway.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:08:15 -0600
Subject: PLS. READ VERY CAREFULLY AND GET BACK TO ME!!!



Hello,

My name is Sgt.Charles Brown, I am an American soldier in Iraq.

We managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussein\\\'s family.The
total amount is US$ 8 Million dollars in cash.

We want to move this money to you, so that you may keep our share for
us till when we will come over to meet you,You will take %30 and keep
%60 for me and my patner then %10 will be for any expenses we may incure,just help us move it out of Iraq.

If you are interested I will send you the full details, my job is to find a good person that we can trust and that will assist us.

If interested kindly send me an e-mailincludingyourtelephone/faxnumbers for quick communication .

This business is risk free.

Regards,
Sgt. Charles Brown

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