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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: "EURO AFRIQUE" <euro_aff@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:35:39 +0100
Subject: EUROAFRIC INTL LOTTERY

EUROAFRIC FREE NET LOTTERY
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
JSESEKO HILLS PL0T 13/14 ,
OPPOSITE CINEMA CONCORD AKPAKPA,COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIC.
REF NO: EGS/2551256003/02.
BATCH NO: 14/0017/IPD.
ATTN: STICK WINNER.

RE: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE.

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT LOTTERY DRAWS
HELD ON THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2005. YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO TICKET
NUMBER: 11 23 34 38 48 49 46 750 WITH SERIAL NUMBER: 211305 DREW LUCKY
NUMBERS: 13 15 22 37 39 WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE 2ND CATEGORY. YOU HAVE
THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY OF
$715,810USD.[SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND,EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN CENT
ONLY).NOTE THAT ALL

PARTICIPANTS IN THIS LOTTERY PROGRAM HAVE BEEN SELECTED RANDOMLY
THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM OVER 20,000 COMPANIES AND
30,000,000 INDIVIDUAL EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM ALL SEARCH ENGINES AND WEB SITES.
THIS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR, AND IT IS PROMOTED AND
SPONSORED BY EMINENT PERSONALITIES LIKE THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI, BILL GATES OF
MICROSOFT INC AND OTHER CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE THE
USE OF

THE INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE. FOR SECURITY PURPOSE AND CLARITY, WE
ADVICE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOUR CLAIMS
HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR MONEY REMITTED TO YOU. THIS IS PART OF OUR
SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS
PROGRAM BY SOME PARTICIPANTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
IN OUR NEXT 4MILLION EUROAFRIC SLOT.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT MR.FRANK GEORGE FOREIGN
OPERATIONS MANAGER, EUROAFRIC INTL LOTTERY AT EMAIL: trustwin2@yahoo.co.uk)

FOR PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO YOUR DESIGNATED
ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE. ALL WINNINGS MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATER THAN ONE
MONTH AFTER THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE. PLEASE NOTE, IN ORDER TO AVOID
UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE
NUMBER AND BATCH NUMBERS IN ALL

CORRESPONDENCE. FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS DO
INFORM OUR CLAIM AGENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE AND
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM. NOTE: YOU ARE
AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF
AGE.
SINCERELY,
MRS.ANNA AYAYA.
VICE PRESIDENT.
EUROAFRIC INTL LOTTERY



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