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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: Notaire Counsel <notairecounsel@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 08:13:17 +0100
Subject: PLEASE FIND ATTACHED LETTER FOR YOUR $920,000 GIFT FUND.MR STEVENSON


From Mark Stevenson

Dear Good Friend.

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Indonesia.
Presently I am in Indonesia for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget you’re past efforts and attempts
to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some
how. Now contact my secretary his name is Mr Nelson Greatpillar
Email: nelson.greatpillar@yahoo.com

So,Contact him and ask him to send you the total of $920.000.00.{Nine
Hundred And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars} which I kept for your
past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your
efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my
Secretary Nelson Greatpillar and instruct him where to send the amount to
you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. Do send to Paul Edward,
your contact details.


Your Full Names…...........................................
You’re Address…..............................................
Cell Phone Number…........................................
Your occupation................................................
Your Age….....................................................


To enable him submit your details to my paying bank to wire your
compensation money to your nominated bank account/Bank Check or they can
send to you an authorized bank atm master card to your address for you to
withdraw the money from any bank atm machine in your country.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which
me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had
forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive that money,
so feel free to get in touch with Mr Nelson Greatpillar he will send the
amount to you with out any delay.


Thanks and God bless you.

Sir,Mark Stevenson.

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