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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: "De Mel" <hassancliff@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: hiranya_demel@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 03:50:45 -0800
Subject: $3,000,000 AWARD NOTIFICATION



ATTENTION: Sir/Ma
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today, 29TH November, 2004 of winners of the GRANDPREMIUM PROMO LOTTERY,
THE NETHERLANDS/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 3rd of November, 2004.


Your winning email address, is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459,
with serial number 5073-11 drew with lucky numbers 43-21-54-37-10-43, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of Three Million United States Dollars in
cash credited to file REF NO. AMXXL/25041238013/03 and BATCH NO:00-190/117/X5.
This is from total prize money of Fity One United States Dollar shared among
the seventeen international winners in this category. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a collation of email
addresses belonging to all frequent internet users from all over the world
from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as
part of International Promotion Program, which is conducted bi-annually.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your funds are now deposited with our corresponding bank,
and would be transferred to you as soon as I hear from you. Due to the mix
up of some numbers and names, we hereby advise you to you keep this award
strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to your designated account or send to me your preference
as regards your desired method of transfer of your funds to you. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts
by participants of this program. We hope with a part of this prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes 1.3billion(UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact your
claims agent

MR.DE MEL HIRANYA.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
GRANDPREMIUMLOTTERY AMSTERDAM-
THE NETHERLAND
EMAIL:hiranya_demel@hotmail.com

with the listed information which should include your FULL NAMES, AGE, SEX,MARITAL
STATUS ,NATIONALITY,CONTACT POSTAL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER, For
due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than
15th December, 2004.After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed,
and returned back to the NETHERLAND GOVERNMENT.

NOTE:In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your future correspondences.


Hassan Cliff



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