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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.Gilbert Morgan" <ubonplc667@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gillbertmorgan@citromail.hu
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:38:41 +0100
Subject: Mutual Benefit

--
Dear Confidant,

I'm Mr.Gilbert Morgan the head account department of Lloyds Bank plc
United Kingdom,Am soliciting for your urgent assistance to move the
sum of £20M ( Twenty Million British Pounds Sterling's out of my Bank
immediately.

This funds belong's to a Russian Army general ,Maj-Gen Vitaly
Gerasimov who was killed in the eastern Ukrain city of Kharkiv.( you
can verify this information :
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60659185

I notice from all his official documents that he didnt include any
next of kin to his funds deposit,i want you to stand as his next of
kin to claim this funds immediately.

upon your acceptance, i will furnish you with more details, this
business is 100% risk free, treat as most confidential.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Gilbert Morgan

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