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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: Seasons Greetings <officeofwilliamscord@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 09:58:55 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: We expect you


 UNITY BANK FOR AFRICA, BENIN REPUBLIC ,HP RUE ZONE, QUECEK STREETBANK HOUSE, COTONOU BENIN.Hello and welcome,
My name is  Williams Cord, the Remittance officer, Unity Bank for Africa (UBA) COTONOU BENIN
We discovered a sum of money worth $6.8Million United State Dollar which was supposed to be your long time inheritance fund. We have converted this fund into an ATM Visa Card for easy delivery of the fund thereby avoiding the movement of money.
We expect you to send us your details so we can immediately wire the fund to you through the Online Bank to Bank Transfer along with the requirements which you are to follow thus giving us the assurance of a successful transfer of fund to your bank account. all you need do now is to obtain the UBA generated transfer pin code which is sold for $688dollar. With this pin code we will be able to communicate with your banker anywhere in the world and credit your account with your bank.
You are also required to send your personal information such as:
Full name:….Home address:..Occupation:....City/State:....Country:....Marital Status:....Phone Number:...Passport ID Card for identification
Please note that this fund has been kept here for too long and need to be transferred to you at once without any further delay to avoid the Government of BENIN confiscating into Contract Fund Project (CFP)
As soon as you remit the fee this bank will issue your Certificate Of Approval from the Ministry of Finance comprehensively fromour bank to your personal bank in the direction of enabling a successful bank transfer.
We hope to receive your co-operation based on this subject matter and make arrangement with our bank. You can contact the bank director on www.ubabank_africa@africamail.com
Thank you and have a wonderful day 
Williams CordU.B.A.Fund Remittance officerBENIN REPUBLIC

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