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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: =?utf-8?q?Benson=20Obi?= <obi.benson@yahoo.com.co>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 21:29:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: DEAR SIR


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:obi.benson@yahoo.com.co



- Benson Obi LAGOS - NIGERIA Dear Sir Let me start by introducing myself properly to you I am an Accountant with the Bills and Exchange Department Foreign Remittance office of Union Bank Plc I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this transaction.We discovered an abandoned sum of US$15 million (fifteen million US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our Foreign customer who died along side his entire family On the 6th of May 2002 in a plane crash Since this development we have advertised for his next of kin or any close relation to come forward to claim this money but nobody came toapply for the claim To this effect I and two other officials in my office, have decided to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the next of kin to the deceased and claim this money We need a foreign partner to apply for the claim because of the fact that the customer was a foreigner and we dont want this money to go into the Banks Treasury as unclaimed fund Every documents to effect this process will emanate from my ble and I will perfect every document to be in accordance with the banking law and guidelines So you have nothing to worry about We have agreed that 30% 0f the money will be for you 10% will be donated to the charity organization while 60% will be for my colleagues and I If you are going to help me indicate by replying this letter and putting in your PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS The following websites could be referenced ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm I await your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in earnest.Once I receive your reply I will send you the Text of Application for immediate of claim Please reply me with this e-mail address Thanks for your anticipated assistance Yours faithfully Benson Obi


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