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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 Kelvin Cama <d39aimeidabernadgracia11@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: info.law2002@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:47:31 +0800
Subject: John Navarro

Dear John Navarro

My greeting's to you and your family. Before i Providence with my request,i will like to introduce my self. I,am Mr.Kelvin Cama, A Legal Practitioner by profession with over 18 years of experience. By the grace of God, I was a legal adviser to late Eng: Michael Navarro, A citizen of your country and a former Engineering Contractor, who works with the (Chevron/Texaco) an Oil & Gas servicing and distribution company base in Benin Republic West
Africa,on 31st of July 2012 my client and his family were involved in a car accident unfortunately lost their lives. He had an account valued at about $12.5M (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) deposited in Bank here in Benin Republic.

The Bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or had the account confiscated by the bank. Please i seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased; then we can share the money 50% to me and 50% to you. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Show your interest by providing the information below:

YOUR FULL NAME................
PRIVATE EMAIL.................
PHONE NUMBER..................
YOUR
AGE......................
OCCUPATION....................
ADDRESS/COUNTRY...............

Upon receiving your information, I will give you more information about the transaction thereafter. Pls kindly send it to my private email( ) for security reason and more details.

Awaiting your urgent reply, (info.law2002@gmail.com) Tel +229 980 852 69

Best Regards,
Mr Kelvin Cama


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