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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: "Mr. Muskwe Sanogo" <sanogokwe@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mkwesogo@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:36:41 +0000
Subject: Greetings and articulate salutations.

I bestow upon you a serendipitous and euphoric afternoon, With due
respect to your personality and much sincerity of this purpose, I make
this contact with you believing that you can be of great assistance to
me. I'm Mr. Muskwe Sanogo, I'm the Chairman of FOREIGN PAYMENTS
CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE and also I currently hold the post of
Internal Audit Manager of our bank, Please see this as a confidential
message and do not reveal it to another person because it’s a top
secret.

It may surprise you to receive this letter from me, since there has
been no previous correspondence between us. I will also like to make
it clear here that l know that the internet has been grossly abused by
criminal minded people making it difficult for people with genuine
intention to correspond and exchange views without skepticism.

We are imposition to reclaim and inherit the sum of US $(28,850,000
Million ) without any trouble, from a dormant account which remains
unclaimed since 10 years the owner died. This is a U.S Dollars account
and the beneficiary died without trace of his family to claim the
fund.

Upon my personal audit investigation into the details of the account,
I find out that the deceased is a foreigner, which makes it possible
for you as a foreigner no matter your country to lay claim on the
balance as the Foreign Business Partner or Extended Relative to the
deceased, provided you are not from here.

Your integrity and trustworthiness will make us succeed without any
risk. Please if you think that the amount is too much to be
transferred into your account, you have the right to ask our bank to
transfer the fund into your account bit by bit after approval or you
double the account. Once this fund is transferred into your account,
we will share the fund accordingly. 45%, for you, 45%, for me, 5%, had
been mapped out for the expense made in this transaction, 5% as a free
will donation to charity and motherless babies homes in both our
countries as sign of breakthrough and more blessings.


If you are interested to help without disappointment or breach of
trust, reply me, so that I will guide you on the proper banking
guidelines to follow for the claim. After the transfer, I will fly to
your country for sharing of funds according to our agreement.

Assurance: Note that this transaction will never in any way harm or
foiled your good post or reputation in your country, because
everything will follow legal process.

I am looking forward to hear from you soonest.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Muskwe Sanogo

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