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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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Fraud email example:

From: "SUSAN DAVIES" <sdavies@tiscali.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: pmarsh2003@mail2world.com
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 03:38:50 +0000
Subject: PRIZE

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE RELEASE CENTRE
WINNING NOTIFICATION
Date: 24/11/04
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC


CONGRATULATIONS


We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 24th of
November2004 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Your
name was attached to ticket number;
47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus
number

17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You
hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE
MILLION DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the
total cash prize of US8,000,000.00 shared amongst Eight lucky winners

in this category. All participants were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia,Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania
as part of our international promotions program which is conducted
annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

Further more your name falls within our European representative office
in Amsterdam,Holland. as indicated in your play coupon and your prize
of US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch
office in Amsterdam.

How to claim your prize

Simply contact our fiducial agent,Mr. Peter Marsh at
pmarsh2003@mail2world.com

to file for your claim . Please quote your reference, batch and winning
number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification
as

well as your full names, address and telephone number to help locate
your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be
claimed by the 30th of November 2004; otherwise all funds will be
returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
Susan Davies(co-ordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT.pmarsh2003@mail2world.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.



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