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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 Benjamin Slade"<SBSlade@charitychoice.co.uk>
Reply-To: sirbenjaminslade@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:05:32 +0200
Subject: Your Family are so important to my Family

Warm greetings to you,

I wish to inform you that you have been selected to receive a donation
of 800,000.00 Great British Pounds from my Charity Scheme .

My wife and I are happily giving out millions to selected people worldwide after am not able to find a namesake matching my DNA to inherit legal acquired inheritances.

kindly send us the below details so that we can transfer your £800,000.00 GBP in your name or direct our paying bank to effect the transfer of the funds to your designated bank account in your own country before we go for our retirement vacation

Ensure you contact me with your details.

Name:
Address:
Mobile:
Country of Residence:

Please send all details to by email to: sirbenjaminslade@yahoo.co.uk

Accept my Congratulations
Sir Benjamin Slade

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