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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: Sir Alex BENJAMIN HUBERT <benhubert@sify.com>
Reply-To: benhubert@live.fr
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:40:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE,IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED DELETE.


Dear friend,


I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of this letter, but it was borne out of desperation and current development. Please bear with me. My name is Sir Alex Benjamin Hubert. an auditor of Africa development bank I discovered existing dormant account for 5years.

When I discovered that there had been neither continuation nor withdrawals from this account for this long period and our banking laws stipulates that any unserviceable account for more than 5years will go into the bank revenue as an unclaimed fund.

I have made personal inquiries about the depositor and his next of kin but sadly, the depositor and his next of kin died on their way to Senegal for business tycoon, and he left no body behind for this claim I only made this investigation just to be double sure of this fact and since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives.

I seek your consent to present yourself as the next of kin of the deceased. as an auditor in the bank I will use my position in the bank to help you becoming the next of kin to the estate, so that the proceeds of this account valued at( $8.5million dollars) can be transferred to you.

Now I want an account over seas where the bank will transfer this fund. Thereafter, I will come for the sharing and investment, also to use part of the money to help the Orphanage around your country and the world in particular, it is careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.
Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?.......
2. Can I give you this trust?.......
If yes, call me and send to me your personal information as below:
Your name…………
Your address………………
Your country……………..
Your occupation………………
Your age…………
Telephone number………

This information is necessary, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible, all what I require 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 get in touch with me by my e-mail to enable me outline to you the strategies on how to go about this.

finally, it is my humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves; also send to me your personal information, to enable me send to you official letter of demand that you will fill in your name and send to the bank.

I expect your urgent response if you can handle this project,
Reply Email ( benhubert@sify.com ).
your sincerely..
Sir Alex Benjamin Hubert.
N.B Delete, if you are not interested.

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