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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: "CATHY TOMAS" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 16:41:57 +0200
Subject: DATA SERVICE

Dear Sir/Madam,

We wish to introduce our company to you Global Data Service. We are a consulting firm to Inversis Banco, in Spain. We are conducting a standard process verification involving a client who shares the same name with you in an investments made at Inversis Banco, Spain.

The Inversis Banco Private Banking client died intestate and did not nominate an heir to the investments.

We are requesting that you confirm the following below and your full names;

(i). Are you aware of any relatives/relations having the same surname, whose last known contact address was Madrid, Spain?

(ii). Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a person at the Inversis Banco?

(iii). If the above is correct, Can you assume the status of the heir to the deceased?

At this point, you must appreciate that we are constrained from providing you with more
detailed information. All correspondence should please be directed to this email address immediately.


Thanks for the anticipated response to this inquiry.

Yours sincerely,

Ms. Cathy Tomas
Global Data Services,
EmailAddress: ms.cathytomas60@gmail.com

CC: Inversis Banco Private Clients.



This is a confidential message from Banking Data services Ltd

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