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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: Claudette <test@gtp-bioways.com>
Reply-To: <claudettelabrie@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:19:40 -0700
Subject: HELLO

Hello,
While thanking you for your attention to my dearest wish, I would like you to know that I was right on the wrong person in sending you this message. My ardent wish has always been to meet an anonymous natural person so that the latter can carry out social actions through a foundation. However, I would understand your astonishment at my way of proceeding. My name is CLAUDETTE LABRIE born September 25, 1942 of French nationality but currently under medical observation in a hospital located in SINGAPORE. I had to contact you in this way because I want to take you to donate a sum of 1,500,000 € in order to help people in need, to make poor families, orphans happy, to help them. young entrepreneurs looking for funding to grow their business sectors ...... from your entourage. My professional life has been a real tourism, especially since I have always lived far from my country. First in Kuwait, where I worked in the oil industry for two years. Then I went to the Republic of Benin (year 2001) where I set up several companies (real estate, Engineer ...). It was in this welcoming country that I experienced true happiness, that of marrying a Canadian who also worked in this country. Unfortunately we were not fortunate enough to have children. After five (05) years of living together, my husband lost his life following a long illness. So I was left alone again with a butler at my disposal and a dog until this cancer came to limit my life. It will be almost four years that I fight against this disease and medicine can do nothing more following the results of the medical examinations of which my days are numbered according to the investigation of my attending doctor. I had blocked this sum so important in one of the BANKS of BENIN for a construction project. I will be grateful to entrust you with this money so that my donation project succeeds. I ask you to accept this, for it is a gift from a dying woman and that without asking for anything in return. Please answer me as soon as possible at my following email address: claudettelabrie@protonmail.com

CLAUDETTE LABRIE

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