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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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Fraud email example:

From: barrikemrichardchambers1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:58:49 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NICE=20TO=20MEET=20YOU=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E?=

( IKEM RICHARD & CO.CHAMBERS)
(ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY,
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
E-mail barrikemchambers@ParsiMail.com

Dear Friend,


(CONFIDENTIAL)

Compliments, Dear Friend, I have decided to bestow this trust on you, which
I pray you will not ignore or betray. I appologise in advance for any inconviniences
this may cause you.

.I am Barrister Ikem Richard, the Personal Attorney to late Mr.JOHN MARSHAL,
who was a contractor here in Benin Rep. And on the 3rd of Oct 2001; my
client, and his family were perished in a ghostly car accident along Midombo
Togo express way. As a matter of fact, my client made a fixed dopsit Amount,
valued at (USD$10.9M) with Arab Bank here in Cotonou Benin Rep,and upon
the maturity time of their agreement, his bank started contacting him but
no response.

Conseqently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to
the deceased as his personal attorney, or have his account confiscated after
four years, as it is in the law of this country.Since then, I have made
several contacts to His Countries Embassy in order to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, which had also been unsuccessful.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over two years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since none of his relatives were no way to be found so that the proceeds
of this account valued at $10.9m could be transffered into your account,thereafter,
we will both share it in percentage according to our
contributions to boost the success of this great transaction.

I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up all
the claims we will make.I know that you might be wonder why I have decided
to trust you with
this huge sum, but the truth is that I need you to get this money out and
considering the fact that you are a foreigner which makes it a lot easier
and straight forward.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us make this great
benefiting transaction successfully. I guarantee you that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of
the law. Please get in touch with me as fast as possible through my E-mail:barrikemchambers@ParsiMail.com

please reply with the informations bellow to enable us discuss further
the progress of this business.

1) your full name,
2) your home and office address
3) your telephone and fax numbers
4) your banking details where the money will lodge,please i advise that
the fund will sake of safety in your hand.
As soon i get these from you we will discuss further the progress of
this business.
With best regards,

Barrister Ikem Richard.




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