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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: "DIPLOMATIC VAULT SECURITY COMPANY" <gregorywelsh72@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: <diplomaticvault_s@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 22:55:05 +0100
Subject: RE:- INSTRUCTION TO DELIVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT TRUNK BOX IN OUR VAULT

FROM THE MANAGEMENT
OF DIPLOMATIC VAULT
SECURITY COMPANY
LONDON UK.


RE:- INSTRUCTION TO DELIVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT TRUNK BOX IN OUR VAULT

This is to notify you about this consignment trunk box in our vault.

After due vetting and evaluation of your file that was sent to us by the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Under the direct authorization of the Government of Nigeria in Conjunction with the United Nations.

This Company has an instruction to see to the immediate release of the sum of SEVENTEEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$17M) of your claim that has been pending in a trunk box in our security vault.

We were meant to understand from our findings that you have been going through hard times and passing through a lot of difficulties in seeing to the release of your fund which amounts to (SEVENTEEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$17M). This has been the handwork of some dubious elements from that Country.

We advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence from anywhere concerning this funds, you don't have to pass through any difficulties to receive your fund, as you have meet up with the whole requirements. This was the reason this fund was kept in our security vault for easy delivery and conclusion of this transaction. The management of this transaction do not want you to pass through wire transfer, which you have gone through off and on and this fund was not paid to you, but for you to come down and see your fund with your two eyes.

We know your representatives in Nigeria or anywhere will advice you to still go ahead with them, which will be on your own risk.

Do get back to us with the following required information’s.


*Your Full Name
*Your contact Address
*Occupation
*Age
*Direct Cell Phone Number for easy communication

Note that if no seriousness is seen from you, we have no choice but to send this fund back to our treasury as an unclaimed fund by you.
Do see that you forward your above information to this e-mail Mark Hills head of Vault Department Email address below. This is very important :
diplomatic-vault-s@ufo.tc



Yours sincerely,

Gregory Welsh.
Assistance Secretary,
.


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