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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 DAVID MORRIS <hussainirabiu7890@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrdavidmorris65@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 16:54:59 -0800
Subject: Delivery of your shipment

I am MR DAVID MORRIS , Head Officer-in-Charge, Administrative Service
Inspection Unit United Nations Inspection Agency in Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport Atlanta Georgia. The Consignment trunk boxes in
your name were abandoned because the Content was not properly declared
by the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal
effect/classified document to either avoid diversion by the Shipping
Agent or confiscation by the relevant authorities. The diplomat's
inability to pay for Non-Inspection fees, among other things, is the
reason why the consignment is delayed and abandoned. By my assessment,
each of the boxes contains $4M which is a total of $8Million USD. They
are still left in the airport storage facility till today. The
Consignments like I said, are two metal trunk boxes weighing about
65kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective
capacity: 680 L) Approximately. The details of the consignment,
including your name and email on the official document from the United
Nations' office in London where the shipment was tagged as personal
effects/classified document, is still available with us. As it stands
now, you have to reconfirm your full name, Phone Number, and full
address so I can cross-check and see if it corresponds with the one
on the official documents.
Best Regards,
MR DAVID MORRIS

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