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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. Peter Johnson" <unionwestern390@gmail.com>
Reply-To: i8352825@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 11:59:13 -0800
Subject: Hello Dear

*Hello DearI write only to seek your assistance, My name is Mr. Peter
Johnson, I am the Fund Manager with Fidelity International Investments, one
of the world's largest investment companies. In the UK, I wish to state
that I am impressed with your brief profile details on the internet network
and I feel that it will be good to share this investment proposal with
you.I represent an Investment interest the total Sum of $50,000,000.00
USD.(FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) and would like to deploy in
your area of expertise in your country and under an investment project
supervised by you. our sharing ratio will be 50% for me while 50% for you,
so if you are honest and interested, reply to me through this
email:(pj9182031@gmail.com <pj9182031@gmail.com>) for more details.I hope
this cooperation will be of interest to you and we can go ahead with the
details upon your response, and assure you that this transaction is 100%
risk free and troublesome as the fund is legitimate.Yours Sincerely,Mr.
Peter Johnson*

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