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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: Jennifer O Brandy <iyitony209@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Robertjose209@aol.com
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 01:05:21 +0800
Subject: ATTENTION, DIVERTING YOUR FUNDS

Due to the Internet Error, If You Got This Mail As Junk, Please Click It To
Inbox.

I felt expedient to write and inform you on the wicked conspiracy hatched
by the duo of (Mr. George
Williams and Mr. Thompson Lawson) of the Ministry of Finance to divert your
money to their designated account in The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. From my position as a lowly clerk in this office, I discovered
that they're planning to move the fund from the United States to China ,
and then moved it last to Banco Italian in ITALY. Today I found out through
the Central computer database that they are about to reroute your funds to
a security company in the United Arab Emirates where they will be able to
maneuver the strict IMF
money laundering regulatory orders.

With this, I felt that it is important for me to alert you on this
development. They are still using your name and contract/inheritance
identification number as the beneficiary but they have changed the account
co-ordinate and this is the reason they are frustrating you by asking for
endless fees in order to buy time pending on when they
will transfer your funds to their designated account.

I have the reference number of the transaction and also I have the number
of the official who is directly in charge at the SECURITY COMPANY. Your
payment is supposed to go through the Euro-Asia Credit Control Financial
Clearing Department before final Lodgment into the security company. All
the data/information about your funds file are within my reach. I do not
need gratification from you either in cash or kind. I can never be a part
of evil because the bible said YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL
SET YOU FREE.
Do contact ME with your full contact details below and i will send you all
the details:

FULL NAMES: __________________________________
Home ADDRESS: __________________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________

Please respect my discretion in this matter! I will send you the reference
number, the name and contact information of the officials of the security
company where your money is in the USA when I receive your response. I
repeat, please do not expose my person, it is not easy to get employment
around here and I cannot contend with these powerful individuals because
they can
eliminate me.

Copy all responses to ( Robertjose209@aol.com ) as I access this e-mail more
often.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Robert Jose.
Phone;(403)388-4247
Email; Robertjose209@aol.com

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