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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. Francisco Navarro" <infoas869@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fgnavarro1965@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 08:34:35 -0700
Subject: Revert to me

First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and
worried, I am assuring that this is real and genuine. My name is Mr.
Francisco Gonzalez Navarro. I came to know you in my private search
for a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential
Transaction,
which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign
account requiring maximum confidence.

MY PROPOSITION: I am the financial adviser to Sergey Viktorovich
Chemezov is the CEO of Rostec Corporation, a Russian Oligarch. He is
the CEO of Rostec Corporation
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Chemezov).
Unfortunately,he is one of Russian president Putin's strong allies
sanctioned by the United States government over the Russian invasion
of Ukraine. He has an abandoned sum of $35,320,000.00 (Thirty Five
Million
Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in a Bank
account which he intends to move out because of the sanctions placed
on Putin and his allies by the United States government and NATO.

As a matter of fact,the fund was deposited in an escrow account with
the Bank This fund cannot be released from this escrow account unless
someone applies for claim as a business partner indicated in deposit
terms and
banking guidelines.

Unfortunately, my client is on the sanction list of the United States
of America and Europe. He cannot front this fund. The fund can also
not be remitted to him. Remember that Russia has been sanctioned
aggressively and
Russian banks were sanctioned from the SWIFT messaging system and
can´t operate or access International Transactions within the US and
Europe. Even VISA and Master Cards did also suspend Russia from using
their cards /
services. I now seek your consent to have you stand as beneficiary /
partner to the fund so that the fund to the sum of $35,320,000.00
(Thirty Five Million Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States
Dollars) can
be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary,otherwise in
less than no time,the account/fund will also be sanctioned. All
documents to enable you to receive this fund will be carefully worked
out. Please
acknowledge receipt of my letter in acceptance of our mutual business
endeavour. This calls for an urgent action.

On the final conclusion of this project, 30% of this will be rewarded
for your participation in this deal. Please do not take undue
advantage of the trust I bestow in you. I have worked out all modality
to complete the
transaction successfully, be rest assured that the transaction is 100%
legal and risk free. Once again, if my proposal is acceptable to you,
Kindly reply via my email for further details.

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