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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: Joyce Scot <fgrer.reze@aol.fr>
Reply-To: joycescot724@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 06:13:31 GMT
Subject: Hello dear.

Good day ,

I am Joyce Scot, 18 years old, from Accra, Ghana. My parents and my only brother were killed. Since then I have been with my uncles but they have made things to be more difficult for me because of their eyes on my late father’s properties. Before the death of my father, he has $5.5 million US Dollars in a fixed deposit domiciliary account with a bank in Accra - Ghana, which I am the next of kin. I have reasoned to writing this mail to seek for your immediate help if only you will not think otherwise because i do not know anything about you but, the fact is that I truly seek for somebody who can stand as my ``guardian of trust`` to lay claims to the sum my late father left for me before his untimely death. I humbly need your assistance in transferring this fund for investment. Be kind enough to reply me so that we could discuss and i be willing to give further details upon your request. I shall forward to you all the necessary documents on confirmation of your acceptance and readiness to assist me on this project. I am also willing to compensate your effort at the end in achieving this goal with 25% of the total funds for your assistance and the help rendered. Thank you for your understanding and on hearing from you i will give you more details. Please reply.

Yours Sincerely,
Joyce Scot

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