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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: "Awang Yang" <awanngi01@cantv.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:55:10 -0430
Subject: Re. Good Morning Dear !!!

Re. Good Morning Dear !!!



Hope all is well with you and your family, I am Mr. Awang Yang, a banker with MAY Bank Malaysia. We had unfinished transaction of $16million dollars; due to some logistics, we could not finish it up.

I want to bring to your notice that, there was an executive board meeting held in our office on 15th of December 2009, in regards of unclaimed funds.The issue of this $16million fund was among the agenda of the meetings.

The real depositor of this funds was late Mr. Shan Kenneth a contractor with an oil company here in Malaysia, he died with his wife and their 2kids in an Earth Quake tsunami in Indonesia.

I made the executive board members to understand that the late depositor's next of kin/partner has filed application for claims but due to logistics attachment, the application was not fully processed.

The board members made it clear to me that, if the fund remain unclaimed till 15th August 2010, the same fund will be plug back to the bank treasure as unclaimed fund.

Based on the out come of the meeting and mandate of the board of executive,I seek your consent to present you to the bank as foreign partner to late depositor also the beneficiary of the fund. I have successfully worked on the funds files and awaiting your go ahead order.

The fund has been approved for remittance to the beneficiary partner of the depositor, as soon as you contact our bank for the claim, they will transfer the fund to you without any further delay.

I want you to understand that our sharing ratio will be 50/50 ,there is no risk, involved in receiving this money, everything is legitimate and legal.

To help us conclude with this swift remittance, I want you to reconfirm
your contact information

1. Full names         
2. Home/office address
3. Occupation            ; ; ; ; ; ;    
4. Tel/fax number      
5. Age.                        

I expect you to be trustworthy and kind enough to respond positively to my
INQUIRY.


Sincerely Yours
Mr.Awang Yang

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