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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: Mr David Melton James <mrdavidjames@switgfinance.com>
Reply-To: david_mjames@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:44:58 -0500
Subject: Your response

Confidential Proposal

My name is David Melton James, I work with Credit Suisse, Switzerland as
the Group Finance Director in the International Investor Sector. In my
audition in this sector i discovered the sum of 14,890,000 (Fourteen
Million Eight Hundred and Ninety Thousand Euros) in a dormant account
belonging to a Diamond Company CEO, name (WITHHELD) who is late since
1999.


I am contacting you for a joint business and possible transfer by making
you the heir of these funds so that the bank will transfer these funds to
your account. I am constrained in giving our more details till I receive
your positive response.


Remember this is absolutely confidential conversation.


Thank you for your time and attention!


Best regards and respect,


Mr. David M. James
Group Finance Director

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