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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 Millions National Lottery <harryjohnson7844@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:32:53 -0400
Subject: The National Lottery



The National LotteryP.O.Box 17,Kempsford GL7 4WZLondon.UNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services) WINNING NUMBER: 04, 05,19,39,41 STAR NUMBER: 08, 09 Concern: Recipient,This letter acknowledges the receipt of your requested data. Congratulations once again on behalf of the UK National lottery and the EUROPEAN EURO- MILLIONS PROMO BOARD , we hope that your winnings will be put into good use for community, educational and business development. On Behalf of the Screening Committee of UK National lottery and the EUROPEAN EURO- MILLIONS PROMO BOARD, I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the Email Screening and Verification Matching Test conducted for all online winners in your Category. Hence you are therefore cleared, your cheque has been issued in the name of ALLIED BANK PLC. on behalf of you. Your winning cheque, issued by the headquaters of the UK National lottery and the EUROPEAN EURO- MILLIONS PROMO BOARD had been recieved, you are therefore required to go ahead and activate an account with the bank so we can deposit the cheque into the account on your behalf from where it will be wired to you via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). It is the policy of the lottery board that all funds must be transfered to its recipients through wire transfer ONLY. You are to immediately contact the bank transfer officer of ALLIED BANK PLC. On your contact with the bank officer, you are to provide him the following.Your full names, Winning security pin code as stated above,Phone Numbers,Residential address. Kindly contact the transfer officer with the information below. Allied Bank Wire ServicesTransfer Director: Sheikh Jalees Ahmedalliedwireservice@administrativos.comPHONE: +44 704 579 3703 +44 704 579 5892FAX: +44 870 974 8321
Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from, this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly, this is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds. You are now priviledged to know your winning security pin code "07554UKEUad" do note that it is very important that your pin code should be kept confidential to avoid double contact for claims which may result to disqualification of your winnings.Its is imperative that you use your security pin code {07554UKEUad} as the subject of any correspondence with the Bank to ensure they respond in a timely manner. I will require a concise update on proceedings with the bank as soon as you are in contact with them. Regards,Harry Johnson.
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