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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: princerassaq <princerassaqrasmane20@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:58:13 -0700
Subject: Greetings


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 Prince
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
king of my village by name HRH. king Abdoul Rasmane 11th of Obokoma
village, Bittuh west Africa, located around the border of Ghana and the
eastern part of Burkina Faso.

There is a British/American buyer who is a business man and 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 470 years old but only for the objection of the village head.

Now, the concerned people in the village, e.g. 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 he is so tight down now with his businesses
and also considering the issue of Corona virus.

He equally denied disclosing his buying price 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 to
confirm objects and pay. This is a 100% legal rare vintage Artifacts that
is worth millions of dollars in the international market but we only ask
for a reduced sum.

Dear, 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 conclude the transaction with you. Once sold, you are to deduct
your 20% commission and transfer rest fund to us so we can begin our
community projects. 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.

Please contact me through the above email (princerassaqrasmane20@gmail.com)

Best regards,
Prince Rassaq Rasmane

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