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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: "Mrs. Kemi Adaosun" <"www."@vesta.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Kemi Adaosun" <mrs.ka20000@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:47:00 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE NOT DEAD///.


Kind Attention Dear,

How are you today? hope all is right with you; Please I advised that you should read this email message very carefully and urgently get back to me immediately to avoid wrong transfer of your overdue inheritance unpaid fund worth of $7.8 Million USD presently at our custody.

Based on the meeting held yesterday between the United Nations Official, US Embassy Republic of Benin Official and IMF officials regarding all overdue inheritance payment File of which your name and email ID was listed among the unpaid beneficiary, I writing to inform you that your files appeared on our desk to pay you a partial payment of $7.8 million US Dollars of your funds for this First quarter of the year.

But we are having misunderstanding because a lady by name Mrs. Monica Ohge, from United States of America called our Office on Friday stating that she is your new next of kin that you have given her the power of attorney to claim your unpaid Fund worth of $7.8 Million USD, she clearly informed our Office that you have instructed her to receive the funds on your favor that you are greatly ill which makes it impossible for you to ask all our calls and email to you so far that you cannot work or answer any calls due your presently health condition.

Executive Board of Director Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Benin are currently and so confuse about her claim that is why the authority instructed me to contact you for us to know if she is telling us the truth or not to avoid transferring your unpaid fund worth of $7.8 Million USD to unexpected person as we have no clue about this person Mrs. Monica Ohge .

She also forwarded below Bank Account DETAILS to us for the remittance of your unpaid inheritance Payment worth the total sum of $7.8 Million USD.

Bank Name: Navy Federal Credit Union
Account Name: Monica J. Ohge
Account Number: 8910855723
Routing Number: 101014829

After she provided this account to us, she instructed us not to bother or disturbed ourselves by contacting you because you cannot access your email presently due to your present health condition that we should transfer the funds into her provided bank account directly because she is now acting on your behalf.

Kindly check this account and name if we can go ahead and transfer the funds into her account.

We wait to hear from you soon.

Don't keep us waiting for your own good.

Best Regard's
Mrs. Kemi Adaosun
Honorable Minister of Finance
Federal Republic of Benin.
Email: mrs.ka20000@outlook.com
Tel :(+229) 99 49 67 27
Tel: +229 99 38 79 78

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