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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: Benson Richard <bensonrichard1360@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:06:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: UR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED.


Dear Sir,
=A0
Permit me to sought for your indulgence to introduce myself to your humblse=
lf.
My name is Mr.Benson Richard I am from=A0 Sierra Leone but presently in fra=
nce paris on Foreign Official Duty. I am a Professional Chemist-Man present=
ly, working with the paris Printing & Miniting Corporation.
=A0
This is a deal involve $USD 18 Million. This fund belongs to my late Boss a=
nd needed to be clean immediately.But the fact is that: this fund cannot be=
clean in france. To that effect, needs a foreign partner like you who can =
join hands with me on partnership for a condulsive vicinity on 100% perform=
ance. I believed we can work together and have this great deal accomplished=
for our mutual benefits. Afterwards the cleaning, the principal amount wil=
l be shared 50-50. I wait to hear from you ASAP.
=A0
Faithfully
=A0
Benson Richard.
=A0=0A=0A=0A

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