The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, I can 100% guarantee that YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     lottofile1@aliceadsl.fr <lottofile1@aliceadsl.fr> Subject:     Congratulations!!! Date:     Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:19:44 +0200 (11:19 EDT)     Green Lane,Sheffield, S3 8ST England, Untied Kingdom. Phone:+44-7045759574   Dear Winner,   Congratulations!!! This is to inform you that your E-mail address has won you a cash prize of Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand pounds sterling and a pack of NOKIA 53OO mobile cell  phone in this year NOKIA 2008 award winning promo Email addresses of subscribers are extracted monthly and are being randomly selected from an automatic electronic raffle draw in which six lucky winners  are being selected monthly from around the globe.   We therefore wish to notify you of the emergence of your email address as one of the lucky email addresses  for the month of August 2008 .You have therefore expected to redeem your prize.   You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you.   First name............................... Last Name............................. Contact Address..................... Mobile Number................. fax .......................... Age............................ Sex................................. Marital Status......................... Occupation............................. Country..................................   AGENT INFORMATION. Name:   James Adison E_MAIL: nokiaawardoffice@yahoo.ca Mobile: :+44-7045759574 Congratulations!! once again do fill free to call us. Yours in service,    Dr. (Mrs.) Louise Bagwell,MANAGEMENT(NOKIA AWARD 2008 PROMOTIONS)   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine. Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters.

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary/commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust/diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

To see what this site is really all about, visit The Games section.

NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam e-mail published on this website, the solution is simple. Don't send me spam.