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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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Fraud email example:

From: "DR,MIKE BEN" <drmikebenn@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drmike004ben@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:08:07 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Dear sir,

I am Dr,Mike Ben, an international business consultant, market and commodity Broker,an import-export consultant in West African region.


One of my client is interested in investing Millions of Dollars in your country and he is interested in investing with your company .


kindly forward all your company's profile to me for immediate decision on
the investment programme .

Total amount to be invested=$75,000,000,00.usd...............Cash investment
4Metric tons of AU in dust....Treasure investment Precious stones, quantity not
decleared..............Treasure investment
Origin:Accra Ghana

Immediately I receive your detailed information, I will inform him about
your willinness to champion the project effectively and feed you with his
arrangements on how the said fund could reach you.


Anticipating your immediate reply

Best regards

Dr,Mike Ben



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