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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.Tony Campman." <avvgiuseppebottari@tin.it>
Reply-To: mr.tonycampman002@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:00:44 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Mr.Tony Campman.

Dear Customer,

I have some questions to you, please have you received your fund? You
have suffered for nothing without receiving your fund due to over
greediness of our bank Director that lead for his sacking. You would
have received your fund since your last payment but your problem is
over greediness of your representative that cost you a lot of money
and still yet, you have never received $1 into your account.

Your total money US$2,330 000.00 has been deposited with the bank
department, this is very secret information and I’m expecting your
urgent response before I can give you more details and the direct
contact information of the bank. There is two directors that wanted to
divert your payment to another bank, you are just paying all the money
as charges for nothing.

Listen very carefully, I’m giving you this information secretly and I
want you to keep it very secret. If you have received your money
US$2,330 000.00, let me know but if you did not

receive your fund, reply me through email urgently.
I am waiting for your response.

Thanks!
Mr.Tony Campman.

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