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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: "STAATLOTERIJ/INTERNATIONAL NL " <contactstaat@ummah.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:56:59 +0000
Subject: STAATLOTERIJ/INTERNATIONAL NL !

STAATSLOTERIJ.NL Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag, Netherlands. www.staatsloterij.nl FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT. REF: YPL/4249859609/WX5 BATCH: GLV/91663/AU ATTN;WINNER, RE:CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE. We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the STAATLOTERIJ/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMES NL, held on the 20th of June 2005. You were entered as dependent clients with:Reference Number:NM/BC921245/KY13, and Batch number NM/207161/WOP. Your email address attached to the ticket number: 46938 that drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the loterij in the second category,in four parts. You have been approved for a payment of 1,000,000.00Euros (ONE MILLION EUROS.) in cash credited to file reference number:HPL/4247159609/WP2. This is from a total cash prize of TEN MILLION EUROS Shared among the ten international winners that won the second categories. congratulations!!! All participants were selected through a Multi international computer ballot system drawn from 98,000(Ninety eight thousand) names of email users around the world,as part of our international promotion programme. Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators. To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by contacting our accredited agent: MR. PETER SEEDORF. Foreign Transfer Manager. ROYAL TRUST AGENCY BV, Tel: +31-645-523-120 Email:royaltrustbv@netscape.net NOTE: All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process; winners will be referred to a Foreign Transfer Manager,to have their winning notarized.Winners are to cover the legal charges not STAATSLOTERIJ.NL, Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.They are your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings fund to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91238-H°67/B5 (keep personal) Remember,your winning must be claimed not later than (22-July-2006). After this date, funds might be returned to the unclaimed. Furthermore,should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Yours truly, Mrs.SUSAN HENKE. THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM (NL) N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. You are advice to Contact your claims agent Mr. PETER SEEDORF. Email Address: royaltrustbv@netscape.net

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