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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: moon_ki12@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:47:31 +0800
Subject: GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATION !!!!


UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION UNITED KINGDOM (WORLD DEVELOPING ASSISTED
PROGRAMME) DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL AWARD PAYMENTS AND TRANSFERS.
UNITED NATIONS LIASION OFFICE UNITED KINGDOM. TEL: +60176902537 Our
Ref: TC/NN/UK/XX028 Dear Sir/Madam , This is to inform you that a
random selection of individual was conducted via E-mail addresses
drawn from 100 Countries around the world, whom will be awarded a
contract worth of £88 Million GBP (Eighty Eight Million Great British
Pounds Sterling). This money is to be used to support humanitarian
services/activities and to help carry out a selfless service to
mankind e.g. helping the poor, building of Schools, Libraries, Care
for the less privilege and as well developing local communities around
the world. It is on this note that I, Ban Ki-Moon the
Secretary-General UNITED NATIONS contact you, I once again try to
notify you as my earlier letter were returned undelivered. I hereby
attempt to reach you again by this same email address stated
here and
I wish to notify you that you have been AWARDED this GREAT CONTRACT
and a total sum of £88 Million GBP (Eighty Eight Million Great
British Pounds Sterling) have been reserved to you in a highly
confidential Bank account with a security firm in Malaysia. Until
today, we have helped many lives in developing countries, around the
world, E.g. Vietnam, India, Ghana, South Africa,USA, England ,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Nigeria, Egypt , Japan , e.t.c and have also
developed some charitable projects which have won us numerous of
awards. (For more details visit our website http://www.un.org/sg/ )
Please if I reach you this time as I am very hopeful, endeavor to
contact our attorney general in charge of remittance and immediately
provide the following information below: (1) Remittance Code
(*KC11215#) (2) Full Name and Address (3) Telephone Number (4) Age
(5) Occupation (6) Present Country ATTORNEY'S CONTACT INFORMATION
============================= BARRISTER CHO FUL LAW FIRM
Address:
14th Floor, Menara Keck Seng 203 Jalan Bukit Bintang Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia E-mail: barr_choful146@hotmail.com +60176902537,
+60176902537 You are advised to contact BARRISTER CHO FUL as soon as
you get this e-mail for fast processing and remittance of your grant
sum amount £88 Million GBP (Eighty Eight Million Great British Pounds
Sterling). Once again, I sincerely thank you in advance for your good
co-operation to help build the nation and the world in general. Best
Regards, Mr. Ban ki-Moon Secretary-General UNITED NATIONS RESPONSE
SHOULD BE CHANNELED TO via EMAIL (barr_choful146@hotmail.com) GRANT
AWARD NOTIFICATION !!!!

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