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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: Malik Sanfo <maliksanfo1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: maliksanfo1@daum.net
Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 23:50:30 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS YOUR REPLY

ASSALAMU'ALAYKUM!!!!!

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never
meet before, my name is Mr. Malik Sanfo, but need not to worry as I am
contacting you individually of my exploration and no one is informed
of this communication. I need your urgent assistance in transferring
the sum of $12.3million Dollars immediately to your private account.
The money has been here in our Bank lying dormant for years now
without anybody coming to claim it.

I want you to corporate with me for the release of this money into
your private bank account as the relative to our deceased customer
(the account owner) who died a long time ago and with his supposed
NEXT OF KIN. The Banking law here does not allow such money to stay
more than 10years, because the money will be recalled to the Bank
treasury account as unclaimed fund.

By indicating your interest I will send you the full details on how
the business will be executed,

Best Regards,
Mr. Malik Sanfo

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