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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: sawadogo prosper <prospersawadogo03@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:28:45 +0000
Subject: FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

Greetings,

Assalam Alaikum,

I have a proposal for you, however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honor against your will. I am Mr. Prosper
Sawadogo, a former executive director with Arab Tunisian Bank here in
Tunisia; I retired a year and 7 months ago after putting several years
of meticulous service. During my days with Arab Bank, I was the
personal account officer and one of the financial advisers to a mega
investor and a politician (An ex-president, Deceased ) who is
presently in self exile in Saudi Arabia.

During his trial period he instructed me to move all his investment in
my care which consists of US$115M and 767 KG of gold out of the Gulf
States for safe keeping; and that i successfully did by moving US$50M
to Spain, US$50M to United Arab Emirate, US$15M to Burkina Faso and
the 767 KG of gold to Ghana in West Africa as an anonymous deposits,
so
that the funds will in no way traced to him or myself .

He has also instructed me to find an investor who would stand as the
beneficiary / representative of the fund and the gold; and claim it
for further investment after a mutual agreement by both parties

my proposal is that I would like you as a partner to stand in as the
beneficiary / representative of this fund and the gold which I have
successfully moved to various countries, I want you to provide an
account where this fund will be transferred into;for further
investment that will be monitored by you.

It is a careful network and my voluntary retirement from the Arab
Tunisian Bank ; is to ensure a hitch-free operation, as all modalities
for you to stand as beneficiary and owner of the deposits has been put
in place.

The chief will offer you 20% of the total investment if you can be
the good investor and the beneficiary / representative.

Now my questions are:-

1. Can you handle this transaction?
2. Can I give you this trust?

Consider this legal and get back to me as soon as possible so that I
can give you more details regarding this transaction. Finally, it is
my humble request that the information as contained herein be accorded
the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.
If you are not interested please do excuse me and delete immediately.

I expect your urgent response if you can handle this project.

Respectfully yours,
From: Mr. Prosper Sawadogo
prospersawadogo@yahoo.com

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