419 scam: "MRS.NATASHA LOUIS BENJAMIN"<report@activebridge.net> [*** SPAM ***] Letter Of Intent !!!

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS.NATASHA LOUIS BENJAMIN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.natasha.benjamin19571@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 09:51:03 -0800
Subject: [*** SPAM ***] Letter Of Intent !!!

Good day,dear!

Hello:

My name is Mrs.Natasha Benjamin; Can I seek your consent to establish a charity foundation in my name? You may wonder how I got to know you and your information, and what informed my decision, you have no cause to worry about these questions,

I mean no harm. I am a dying woman without a child and I was diagnosed with cancer Nine years ago. In my present condition, life is without meaning to me and hope has since eluded me, each day I give my entire existence a thought, I feel overpowered by gloom and despair, also saw nothing but death lurking around, All these are my reasons for deciding on using anything in my name for charity in which co-incidentally you have been favored as the beneficiary.

I shall be undergoing major operations in a few days from now and I want to will my inheritance to you and to enable you set up the charity foundation to help the less-privileged.

Please copy my email and clike on reply

Yours Truly

Mrs.Natasha Benjami

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam