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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: "Mr. Ruben Brandon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rubenbrandon777@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 14:12:57 +0100
Subject: Mr. Ruben Brandon!!

Hello my dear friend,
Greetings and forgive me for not knowing your mentality before contacting you and it is very confidential, as I said before, I am Mr. Ruben Brandon, the manager of the branch BANQUE ATLANTIQUE Lome Branch Lome Republic of Togo.
We had a foreign client (Late Mrs. Margalit) She has the same name with you, this our client and her only son were involved in a car accident along Kaneshi express Road here in Republic of Togo Unfortunately they lost their lives in the car accident Since then, the Bank has made several inquiries to its embassy here to locate any of our extended family clients, which has also been unsuccessful.
This client has an account in this branch of our Bank for a total of US $ 9.1 million that she inherited from her late husband who was an industrialist before his death. And since that year after his death, the bank has not had anyone come for the claim of this fund either as their relationship or as a friend. A situation that I have monitored closely with my position here as the Manager of this branch of our Bank and finally I have removed its file from my private vaul.
Now this is what I really want you to do; Since it has the same name and nationality, I have reasoned very professionally and I think it would be legal to present it as your closest relative to claim this fund, before transferring it to the Bank's treasury. Where other people can also claim directly without reaching this length.
I am very aware of the procedures you will take and I will advise you adequately on the way forward and I will guide you on how to submit an application to our Bank to make the claim of the fund and your transfer from bank to bank to your designated bank account. , where you consider it safe. Thank you before your urgent response and I will provide you with all the details and also include your direct telephone numbers. Please kindly contact me through my private email address (rubenbrandon777@outlook.com) for more details
I intend to give you 50% while I take 50%. I hope you are a very honest and reliable person.
Awaiting your urgent response.
Best regards.
Mr. Ruben Brandon

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