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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: "Johnson Bessan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bessan27@firemail.de>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:32:49 -0700
Subject: Can we work !

I Worked as an Attorney to Mr.Fredrick , a Foreigner who used to live and work here.
On the 26th of December 2003, my client, his wife and their only daughter were
involved in an air crash. see links below for more information:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/12/26/1016642.htm

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of
his family but to no avail, hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my late client
before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
deposits were lodged. The bank where my late client deposited US$7.3 million has
issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the money confiscated within
the next twenty official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating his
relatives for over two years, I decided to seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin of the deceased since you share the same surname so that the proceeds
of this amount valued at US$7.3 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and
me can share the money. The money will be divided into two equal parts between us.

I will procure all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make. All I need from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this
deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please contact me if interested with the contact information below so that we can
start the process of having the fund released to you.

Best regards,

Johnson Bessan
Email : bessan27@firemail.de
Tel : +44 7045772675

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