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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: "Desmond Maseko" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <desmondmasekko@superposta.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 21:37:54 -0000
Subject: RE: YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FULLY

Office 5, 3rd Floor,
24 Central Office Tower, Gwen Lane
Sandton, Johannesburg
South Africa.

It is my pleasure to inform you that your name was listed among those who have not received their contract, inheritance and lotto payments from Africa because of corrupt officials who have been demanding endless fees from you, so you can be frustrated and forget about your money then they divert it for their own use.

I hereby inform you that following this various reports the World Bank (WB), International monetary fund (IMF) and the African Union(AU) held a meeting and decided to tackle the problem jointly to make sure you receive your payment without problem within the next three days. Following this development your new payment approval order number WB/IMF/AU/18361M was secured and approved inline with international laws so the payment will be delivered to you directly in two large consignment boxes tagged 122 by World bank and IMF delegates sent specially to your country for this purpose.

You are hereby advised to use this opportunity to cooperate with them and receive your payment which is rightly yours. You are hereby expected to reconfirm the following details immediately because they will be living today for your country to deliver your payment luggage.

Names of receiver in full........................................................................................................................

Full Address of receiver.............................................................................................................................

Occupation of receiver..........................................................................................................................

Telephone of receiver...................................(MOBILE PHONE NUMBER PREFFERED)

It is a must for you to present a means of identification to the delegates upon their arrival or else they will not hand over your payment luggage to you.

Please note this information because you must answer this security questions correctly or the World Bank and IMF delegates will not hand over your payment luggage to you when they arrive in your country.

LUGGAGE REFERENCE CODE: ZA1528
SECURITY QUESTION: WHAT IS IT
SECURITY ANSWER: PAYMENT SUCCESS

As soon as I receive the details above I will update you with the names of the World Bank(WB) and IMF(IMF) delegate to accompany your payment luggage also Ia will send you their flight itinerary to your country so you know when to expect them because they are bound to leave South Africa today for your country.

Regards,
Desmond Maseko






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