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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: John Bark <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: <rraymond12_c@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 00:38:51 -0700
Subject: Dear Customer !!!

Dear Customer,
We sincerely apologize for the delay in transferring your Funds. As you saw in CNN news, our head office here in Geneva was blazed down by fire Inferno.And as a result of that, we lost so many customers' data, contact information, Phone numbers and email. We are so fortunate to see your email address now.However, as we agreed before the Incident, we will be transferring your Funds into Two stages, in one stage, we will transfer 3,000.000.00 USD, and after that, we will transfer the rest of 2,500,000 USD.Also, bear in Mind, if you do not want the transfer by wire, you can as well apply for an ATM card with your Pin access. Do not waste further
time in contacting the accounting Officer in his private email(rraymond12_c@aol.com) His name is Raymond Cosh. Contact Him now for directives on how to receive your Funds.
Thank you
John Bark
DG

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