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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: "Ted Davat" <tdavat@ymail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:43:52 +0100
Subject: 2013 Good News

NATIONAL PETRLOEUM COMPANY ( NPC)
PROJECTS AND PROCUREMENT
401 OXFORD STREET
LONDON SW1 1AB
UNITED KINGDOM

Sir,
It is my pleasure to write this mail to you believing that you will find
it interesting to read and reply as soon as possible.
My name is Engr. Ted Davat. I am a director in of my countries National
Petroleum Company at our London UK office.
I have this deal of an over invoiced sum of US$8,500,000.00 purposely
carved out from an already executed contract in my corporation by a
foreign company.
It will be my utmost interest to have you as a partner to process the
documents and have the fund released to you as the foreign contractor that
owns the fund.
The transaction will be given equal legal backing that is given to an
executed contract. Every arrangement towards it success have been
perfected.
My position as a civil servant here in does not permit me to run a foreign
bank account outside my salary account which is monitored by our
Government because of the sensitive nature of my job, that is one of the
reasons i need your partnership and also assist in financing the
processing of this transaction which is very important. Your share of the
money will be agreed upon your acceptance to do this transaction.
To commence the processing, i would like you to send to me
(a) Your full names and company name to be incorporated and address,
(b) Your bank account information where the fund will be transferred to or
within the shortest period you can open a new account for this
transaction,
(c) Your telephone numbers and email
I await your urgent reply by email.

RGDS
Engr.Ted Davat

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