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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: "Claim Center" <lotteryclaimcenter@latinmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:12:04 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Winning notification!


MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM
20 CRAVEN PARK, HARLESDEN
LONDON NW10
UNITED KINGDOM
REF: BTD/968/05
BATCH: 409978E
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
WINNING NOTIFICATION
THE PRESTIGIOUS MICRSOFT AND AOL HAS SET OUT AND SUCESSFULLY ORGANISED A SWEEPSTAKES MARKING THE MIDDLE OF YEAR ANNIVERSARY, WE ROLLED OUT OVER £500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS) FOR OUR BEGINING OF YEAR ANNIVERSARY DRAWS. PARTICIPANTS FOR THE DRAWS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED AND DRAWN FROM A WIDE RANGE OF WEB HOSTS WHICH WE ENJOY THEIR PATRONAGE.

THE SELECTION WAS MADE THROUGH A COMPUTER DRAW SYSTEM ATTACHING PERSONALISED EMAIL ADDRESSES TO TICKET NUMBERS. BILL GATES IS SHARING HIS FORTUNE. IF YOU IGNORE THIS, YOU WILL REGRET IT LATER. MICROSOFT AND AOL ARE NOW THE LARGEST INTERNET COMPANIES AND IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT INTERNET EXPLORER REMAINS THE MOST WIDELY USED PROGRAM, MICROSOFT AND AOL ARE RUNNING AN E-MAIL BETA TEST.
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AS INDICATED WAS DRAWN AND ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER 008795727498 WITH SERIAL NUMBERS BTD/9080648302/06 AND DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY WON YOU £100,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS) ALREADY ISSUED IN A CHEQUE AS ONE OF THE 10 JACKPOT WINNERS IN THIS DRAW. YOU HAVE THEREFORE WON THE ENTIRE WINNING SUM OF £100,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS). THE DRAWS REGISTERED AS DRAW NUMBER ONE WAS CONDUCTED IN BROCKLEY, LONDON UNITED KINGDOM ON THE 19TH OF JUNE 2006. THESE DRAWS ARE COMMEMORATIVE AND AS SUCH SPECIAL.
PLEASE BE INFORMED BY THIS WINNING NOTIFICATION,TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING CHEQUE,YOU ARE TO
MAKE CONTACT WITH YOUR DESIGNATED AGENT WHO SHALL BY DUTY GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS TO FACILITATE THE RELEASE OF YOUR WINNING CHEQUE.TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM PLEASE CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT

DR DAVE HOUSTON,
MICROSOFT PROMOTION AWARD TEAM
EMAIL:OFFSHORRECUSTOMERCARE@MSN.COM
YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT WITH THE FOLLOWING DETAILS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS WITH YOUR NAME (IN FULL), COUNTRY, TICKET NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER, SERIAL
NUMBER AND LUCKY NUMBERS AS INDICATED IN THIS WINNING NOTIFICATION.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL AWARD PROGRAM.
OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATES AND HIS ASSOCIATES.WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AS YOU SPEND YOUR GOOD FORTUNE.THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR COMMEMORATIVE END OF YEAR ANNIVERSARY DRAWS.

SINCERELY,
DR. BRYAN MCDONALD
MICROSOFT PROMOTION TEAM
NB:
PLEASE NOTE! ANY CLAIM NOT MADE BEFORE TWENTY ONE (21) WORKING DAYS FROM DATE
OF NOTIFICATION WILL INDICATE THAT THE WINNER HAS VOLUNTARILY FORFEITED
HIS/HER WINNINGS





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