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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. Ponleu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ponleumk@foxmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 20:29:28 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend .


Hello ,

My name is Mr. Ponleu Meake,a personal Accountant to a deceased
customer of our bank Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia (FTB). I have a
confidential transaction for you. our late client, CEO/Engineer, also
an investor who bears the same last name as yours, left this fund in
Our Bank for some years and no next of kin has come forward all these
years for claims. This deceased client of mine that shares almost the
same name as yours had heart-attack while driving along Expressway on
a business trip and died on a hasty motor accident along with his
family.

After the annual audit held weeks ago, the Board of Directors of the
bank resolved to turn the estate of the deceased over to Government
pause having waited for too long without any of the deceased
relatives/next of kin surfacing, and if this is done, the funds will
end up to become Government property in-which the so called top
political empire's will embezzle it, while we that labored in the
office earn nothing. I contacted you considering the fact that you
share almost the same name with the deceased.

The amount in this account is currently US$26,586,200 Million. I want
to present you as the beneficiary of the deceased. I will use my
position and influence in our bank to make sure they release this
money to you for us to share. If I wait for days and do not hear from
you, I shall look for another person.

For more details contact me with your private telephone and fax
numbers for easy communication and oral discussion, so as to avoid any
delay. Note: My career is involved, do not expose this to any
individual.

Your Sincerely,

Mr. Ponleu

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