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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: "RAYMOND CHIEN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wnyng@mit.tc>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 17:19:35 -0500
Subject: God dag

God dag
Jag är medveten om att detta inte är ett vanligt sätt att kommunicera med en främling
eller att upprätta ett förtroendeförhållande, men du kommer att förstå behovet av min
handling. Jag är Raymond Chien Kuo Fung, en oberoende, icke-verkställande direktör i
Hang Seng Bank Hong Kong. Jag har viktiga saker att diskutera med dig om stora summa
pengar från mina sena klienter som dog utan att leva någon mottagare bakom, om du är
intresserad av en partner med mig att svara på min privata e-postadress nedan för att ge
mig ytterligare information om transaktion.
Med vänliga hälsningar,
Dr Ray Chien.
Privat e-post: (wnyng@mit.tc)

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