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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. Richard Blanc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richardblancx011@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:52:09 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend.

Dear Friend.

Permit me to share with you, my desire to go into business partnership with you. I got your profound contact email from a computerized data,following my effort searching for a reliable and trustworthy person to assist me in this venture.

My name is Mr. Richard Blanc, I am the Credit Account Manager with BANQUE ATLANTIQUE BANK BENIN Republic in West Africa Region.

I have an obscured business Transaction I wish to discuss and handle with you, if only you can give it a little attention.BRIEF DETAIL OF TRANSACTION: It involves moving an Excess Maximum Returned Capital Profit (EMRCP) of 1.2% to any of your Overseas bank account, and commence a standard Investment.

In BANQUE ATLANTIQUE BANK, We have well over 158 Corporate Investors ,Locally and Internationally, who invested their Capital Funds in our bank, and those Capital Invested Funds are being managed and administered by my office.

The Capital Invested Funds has a value of over US$22Billion net. This Value is been used for Trading in Stock Market, Crude Oil business and Lending with Profit Returns. At Every end of year, each Corporate Investor is entitled to receive a 100% Dividend/Interest benefits of
any Amount invested .

However, BANQUE ATLANTIQUE BANK has a Targeted Capital Profit of 20% in every year, but in the year 2013, my office made an over targeted profit to the tune of 21.2% ,which 20% targeted profit was reported and submitted to the management. Since 2013 i have deposited and placed the over-accrude profit of 1.2% which has value of US$5.5Million in a suspense account until date.

With all due respect, I seek your concept and permission to present you to our bank as one of our bank foreign investors who has not receive his 2013 dividend benefit, so that our bank will transfer this over maximum profit of 1.2% (US$5.5Million) to your nominated
bank account, for both of us to share among ourselves.

Note, after handling this project successfully, you will get 50% of the total fund and 50% for me.

If you are interested and willing to handle this project with me,kindly reply this letter today and send me the below listed information, which I will use to process all the bank official
papers/documents in your name to back up this claim.

1. Your Full Name
2. Country of Origin
3. Office or Residence Address
4. Contact Phone Nos
5. Present Occupation
6. Sex (Male or Female.)

Note i do not have intention to contact any further person (s) unless i receive your response today indicating you are not interested.

Your earliest response to this proposition will be highly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Mr. Richard Blanc
Credit Accounts Officer

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