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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: elizabeth.wood@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:48:24 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATION?=

DE NATIONAL LOTTERY
PO BOX 3000
LIVERPOOL
L80 1NL
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO:DE/FIS222147500302 AND BATCH NO: 44/151/AYE

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 29th MARCH 2005,
of winners of DE NATIONAL LOTTO PROGRAMS held on the 28th FEBRUARY, 2005
as part of our FIRST QUARTER of the year bonanza. You or your company, attached
to ticket number 034-1416-4612-750, with serial number 6521-11 drew the
lucky numbers 31-51-22-24-39-43, and consequently won the lottery in category
A. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,800,000
in cash credited to
file REF NO:DE/FIS222147500302

This is from total prize money of US$8,400,000.00 shared among 3 winners
in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from 96,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America,
Europe ,North America and Oceania as part our International Promotions Program,
which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with GLOBAL FOUNDATION BANK, Due to the mix up
of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted
to your account. 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 your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent;

MR. GEORGE MARKOS
GLOBAL FOUNDATION BANK,
LONDON,
PHONE:+44-704-011-1082.
FAX:+44-709-284-3258.
EMAIL:mr_georgemarkos@yahoo.co.uk



for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice. Remember, you must contact GLOBAL FOUNDATION BANK, not later
than 14(FOURTEEN) banking days upon receipt of this notification. After
this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences
to
MR. GEORGE MARKOS, either by fax or email, should have this EMAIL sent along
with it and also, your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and your
EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent, should be clearly and BOLDLY
WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE with your claims agent.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with GLOBAL FOUNDATION BANK. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of
our promotions program.

Sincerely,

ELIZABETH WOOD.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
DE NATIONAL LOTTO,UK

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims
agent





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