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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Prosper sawadogo" <prospersawadogo100000000@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:44:38 +0000
Subject: THE BENEFICIARY / REPRESENTATIVE

Greetings,

I have a proposal for you, however it 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 in 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 in Africa, Deceased ) 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 have been perfected by me.

You will be offered 30% 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 excuse me and delete immediately.

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

Respectfully yours,
Mr. Prosper Sawadogo

prospersawadogo@yahoo.com

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