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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: PRINCE RASSAQ <katiebonaparte@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rsq4422@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 12:19:50 +0100
Subject: EXPORTATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP


Greetings,

I am delighted to write you this mail. Nowadays internet has been highly
abused. But i can assure you my claims are real and genuine. I am Rassaq
Rasmane, a young African who is passionate about the living standards of
his people. I am contacting you on behalf of my father the ruler and tribes
head of my village by name HRH. king Abdoul Rasmane 18th of Obokoma
village, Bittuh west Africa, located around the border of Ghana and the
eastern part of Burkina Faso.

There is a British buyer who is a dealer in African antiquities who
initially expressed interest through his agent who came to Africa in 2011
in buying some antiquities which are our village heritage of over 460 years
old but for objection of the village head.

Now, the concerned people in the village- the notables, the elders and the
villagers have spoken to the village king and a willingness to dispose the
antiquities for sale has been expressed. This is to raise fund that will be
realized from the sales for community development and also to put in place
some social amenities like good hospitals, good schools, bridges and good
roads that will improve the living conditions of the people in the village.

Our village contacted the British buyer and he expressed his readiness to
make payment against these antiquities if it is shipped out of Africa. He
further briefed us that he does not want to come down to Africa for any
reason at the moment because of the global epidemic. He equally denied
disclosing his buying price or terms to us so long as the antiquities are
still in Africa. That if seller should get this antiques out of Africa
through a representative or facilitator he will sign a business contract
with him and buy from him, maybe visit his country if possible to confirm
objects and pay. This is a 100% legal rare ancient Artifacts sales.

If you are interested we will forward you the address of the British buyer
and photographs of these antiquities so that you can contact the buyer on
our behalf and negotiate the price with him as here in the village we don’t
have the opportunity to be exposed to international market. Once you have
reached agreement with the buyer we shall begin arrangements to immediately
ship the three status collection Antiques to you so that buyer may visit
you or conclude the transaction with you. We will take a lot of delight if
you treat this business with seriousness and give it an esteem position. We
await your prompt response regarding this issue.

Best regards,
Prince Rassaq Rasmane

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