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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: "Dr. Dhananjayan" <makar@niimbb.ru>
Reply-To: "Dr. Dhananjayan" <oxfam.bristish.uk@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 23:32:33 +0700 (NOVT)
Subject: Oxfam British Charity Organization



HalloIch bin Dr. Dhananjayan (Danny) Sriskandarajah, CEO der Oxfam British Charity Organization, Sie haben eine Spende von 2.000.000,00 EUR. Ich wurde in den 1970er Jahren in Sri Lanka geboren und wuchs zun&auml;chst in einer l&auml;ndlichen Gemeinde ohne Strom und flie&szlig;endes Wasser auf. Ich habe beschlossen, den Willen Gottes zu tun und auch meine gesamten 15 Millionen Dollar in sch&ouml;nem Gedenken an meine Frau zu spenden.Ihre E-Mail war unter den ausgew&auml;hlten E-Mails aus unserer Europa-E-Mail-Verlosung. F&uuml;r weitere Informationen antworten Sie bitte auf diese Nachricht und unser Team wird sich bei Ihnen melden.

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