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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 Adama Eric <mrbadama1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.adamaeric@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 02:41:40 -0300
Subject: WE HAVE GOLD BARS AND GOLD DUST FOR SALE

WE HAVE GOLD BARS AND GOLD DUST FOR SALE

It is my pleasure to inform you that we have some Au gold for sales
and I am glad to send to you this mail for

your consideration to purchase the Gold from us locally here in my
country Ivory Coast. Well as for the moment we

have 200kgs Gold Bars, Please let me know your interest, our discount
depends on how many kilos you are capable to

buy. Purity is 92% pure. Origin Cote D’lviore shipment takes place
from Accra Ghana in any of this refinary AT

ITALTEC, AA MINERALS AND EAR LOGISTICS REFINERY due to low export tax.

Finally, seller is ready and willing to sign contract agreement with
the buyer for the period of any months if he

wishes to do so. We have all the legal documentation accompanying our Gold.

Waiting for your reply
Regards
Mrbadama
Company Secretary.

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