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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: "Mrs, Hamza Garuba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <senatorken99@live.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 12:52:21 -0700
Subject: ATTN: Hon Contractor

FROM THE DESK SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CONTRACT PAYMENT
ATTN: Hon Contractor,
Following the new Mandate of the Senate Committee panel headed by the Senate President Senator David Mark, over Foreign Payment and Debt reconciliation 2014, This is to notify you that your contract payment of $4.5millions with the Federal Government of Nigeria, your file have just being sent to this office and has finally granted a final approval over your company name with a payment approval notice RE-22XXY36.
Meanwhile, your Local Representative here in Nigeria has submitted your bank details to us where this fund is to be transferred. As a matter of urgency and appropriateness, do cross check this submitted bank details of yours as forwarded by your Local Representative to Ensure accuracy. The account is hereby stated below.
HSBC NEW YORK 1034
ABA #: 04178655621
SWIFT CODE: CTTIUS33
ACCOUNT #: 03-18953-1
To this effect, you are therefore mandated to contact the Senate Committee panel Chairman Senator Ken Nmadu immediately for release of your payment interest on this security direct Tel- 234-817 324 7258, Or Email: senatorken99@live.com during the event of your contact to him, we also advised that you should refer him to the below release numbers.
 
INTEREST RELEASE CODE = CBN/CFGN/XX7Y/WK3/208/00
REFERENCE = CBN/3480/02/00
Once more, expedite action towards this contact; we have handed over everything about the release of your payment $4.5millions to the Senate Committee panel Chairman Senator Ken Nmadu for prompt release. We apologize for delay. This was as a result of irregularities and gross miss-crediting funds in the past by government. Moreover, we thank you very much for your kind endurance so far. You are advice to desist from any office of any kind or person to avoid misdirection of your contract payment
Expecting your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
 
Mrs, Hamza Garuba
Secretary to the Senate committee.
 

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