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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: "Mr, david kola" <davidkola3008@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:51:34 +0100
Subject: Urgent reply

Hello Friend,
Compliment of the day, I got your contact information from a
reputable business/professional directory of your country
which gives me assurance of your legibility as a person. I
send you this brief letter to solicit your partnership to
transfer nine million,eight hundred thousand pounds
(£9,800,000.00 ) from UNITED KINGDOM to your country. I
shall furnish you with more info when I get a positive reply
from you. if you are interested.Alawys reply to ,,,,,,
davidkola3008@gmail.com
Best Regards,
David kola


National Economic Intelligence Committee (NEIC)
The Presidency
7th Floor
New Federal Secretariat Complex
PMB 298 Garki-Abuja

As part of an ongoing annual Foreign Payments Reconciliation
Exercise (FPRE), The committee was instituted by the Federal
Ministry of Finance with a mandate to review cases of
pending international payments and make settlements as
appropriate.

Our investigations reveal that you have been through various
bureaucratic difficulties in
a bid to secure the release of your funds, especially as it
concerns payment of official charges. Consequently we advice
that you stop further communication with any local
representatives concerning same, We know your
representatives here Nigeria or anywhere will advise you to
still go ahead with them, which will be on your own risk, if
you
proceed with them.

As it is evident that you have met the requirements. An
initial sum of USD15, 500,000.00 (Fifteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars) only will be paid to you as part
of
your pending payment. Please contact Dr.Kolawole B.Jamodu
(OFR) of UBA
Nigeria (United bank for
Africa)email(drkolajamodu@yahoo.co.uk) you
should please re-confirm these details for purposes of
verification.

1)Full Name .................

2)Contact Address........................

3)Telephone ................................

4)Fax numbers for direct communication ............

Note that this is the second and final notice on this
subject.
Your USD15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars)
will reflect in your designated Bank account within three
Bank working
days.
Yours sincerely.

Public Relations,
National Economic Intelligence Committee,
Abuja In Conjunction With
The Manager,
Dr.Kolawole B. Jamodu
Executive Director United Bank for Africa
Lagos Nigeria

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