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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: "joefrank22@terra.es" <joefrank22@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 20:56:36 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION!!


THE PRESIDENCY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT
ON FINANCIAL AFFAIRS/ DIRECTOR FOREIGN PAYMENT

2nd September 2006
From the desk of:
Hon JOEFRANK (F.E.C).

Dear Sir/Madam, RE: FUND RELEASE
It has come to my notice that your long overdue fund payment has not been released to you. Since the release order has been instructed and mandated to you after a conclusive meeting with the Federal Executive Council (F.E.C).

After my investigation, I found out that your fund has not been claimed and also found out that all effort by you to receive your payment fail, base on wrong information by your local representatives deceptive notification message to you concerning the release of your payment such illegal information that has been sending to by your local representatives should be disregarded and discarded in your own interest to avoid making unnecessary and illegal payment to any body. I want you to know that as far as the office of the Special Adviser is concerned all letter of notification of your payment has been sent to us. Therefore, you are advised to contact this office within 48 hours of the receipt of this urgent message to indicate clearly, reasons why you have not claimed your fund after Federal High Court judgment, all the Federal Parastatals, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF), The National Assembly (NASS), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been notified in respect of your payment. Failing to comply with this urgent message, we have no option than to go to the court for the cancellation of the payment as unclaimed fund, this is to enable the International Community to have no blame on the Federal Republic of Nigeria for not paying you, which happened in the past. Our correspondence Bankers are awaiting further instructions from me for the release of your money.

Please contact me immediately you receive this urgent message/ phone stated above for security reasons. Every arrangement towards the release of your payment has been concluded; your urgent attention is needed on this matter.

As a matter of urgency, all contractors concerned are hereby advised to comply by making sure that their full details below are forwarded to office of the new chairman as follows;-

A...CONTRACT AMOUNT
B...CONTRACT AWARD NUMBER
C...CURRENT TELEPHONE & FAX NUMBERS
D...SCAN COPY OF INT'L PASSPORT
E...FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
Yours sincerely,
Hon JOEFRANK t(F.E.C).
RE:FUND RELEASE






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