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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: "Pamela Stanford" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <p.officierwest@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 04:16:45 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MR WEST NOW....

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
Compensation/Settlement Department
138 UN Plaza Westbrook Street UK Annex,
London SW1V 2NDF,
www.un.org
Dear Beneficiary,
 
 
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded  United Nations Compensation payment draws held in United Kingdom which your email address was among the lucky winners.
 
No tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation of owners and privacy.The online draw selection process was carried out through random selection in our United Nations computerized e-mail selection machine(TOPAZ) from a database of over 985,000 email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies drawn from all the continents of the world.
 
This is as a result of the mandate from United Nations Compensation program /US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American, Asia and also Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared and This is Your Payment file, United Nations Approval No; UN5685P/2013/, White House Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, Release Code No:055904UNG ; Immediate (IMF) Telex confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013.
 
Having received these vital payment numbers, therefore you are qualified now to receive your payment of ( $3,200,000.00USD) from our authorized payment office in Benin Republic where your payment file falls.You are advised to respond immediately with the under listed information's for clarification and further directive on how to receive your fund. contact email:p.officierwest@gmail.com
 
You are required to re-furnish this office with the following information
 
1.Full Name............................
2.Country of Origin.............
3.Present Address.................
4.Occupation..........................
5.Marital Status.......................
6.Date of Birth.....................
7.Telephone Number...........
8.Sex........................
 
Therefore, to facilitate the immediate release of your payment, you are advised to contact our official paying office/officer, Mr. Cyril West on the below contact with your Approval No; UN5685P/2013/ Keep all your information away from the general public especially your  Approval No; UN5685P/2013/. This is very important and a case of double claims will not be entertained.
 
You have to contact him directly on this information
FTB Foreign Operations Manager
Mr. Cyril West
Email:p.officierwest@gmail.com
 
 
Yours Sincerely
Pamela Stanford
Coordinator
 
       Signed by,
UN SECRETARY GENERAL

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