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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: "Atm Card Donation" <info@atm.org>
Reply-To: mr_usmanjohnson101@live.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:43:13 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Dear Beneficiary.




Dear Beneficiary.

Congratulations as we bring to your notice, The Office of the senate house
of Assembly has chosen you by the board of trustees as one of the final
recipients of this new year promotion cash grant/Donation.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary celebration,We are giving out a yearly
donation of The ATM Master Card Value is $6.8MILLION USD to 4 lucky
recipients,as New Year promotion from the W.H.O,UN, and the EU in
accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. Fill out below information
and send it to the Payment Remittance Office Via their email contact
address:(mr_usmanjohnson101@live.com)

Full Name:
Address:
Occupation:
Country:
Telephone:
Sex:
Age:

Winning Batch No:W-342-8876,U-500-32) Remittance Contact Mr.Usman Johnson.
E-mail: (mr_usmanjohnson101@live.com) Phone Contact:+234-706-221-7118

Best Regards,
David Mark.


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