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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: "
Reply-To: <akinkemaltd@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 19:03:06 +0800
Subject:

Dr. Akin Kemal"<admin@superplan.kr>
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL !!!
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 11:03:23 -0800
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="Windows-1251"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000

Dear Sir/Madam,



I am Dr Akin Kemal,Branch Manager QNB Finansbank, Sisli/Istanbul, T?rkiye,I got your contact when searching for a foreign partner in your country.



I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent business proposal which I believe will benefit both of us after completion, kindly get back to me as soon as you receive this message for further details.



Await your response.



Sincerely

Dr. Akin Kemal

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