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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: "From Dr.Christopher Loewald." <mrsbanyerevonda333333@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drchristopherloewald00@executivemail.co.za
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:18:46 -0800
Subject: RE.....

Attention SIR/MADAM.
Good day to you.
However, don’t be surprised to receive this email from me hence i do
not know you in Person and you do know me as well, but my spirit
directs me to i solicit for your kind corporation to this deal hence I
contacted you.

Subsequently, note that i got your contacts Email Address during my
search on the South African Journal Online record list file, and i
decided to ask for your corporation after going through your
managerial and administrative ideologies which really got my
attention, from all indications you are very sincere person. However,
my Name is Dr. C. Loewald. working currently with the South African
Reserve Bank as Head Economic Research fund Payment System Department,
am here to contact you, and also to ask, if I can do this deal with
you.

However, I contact you to know if you can be trusted person to me in
this Deal, you can see what is going on now in our country South
African, this CORONA VIRUS issue, is now bringing our Economy down,
and am in position to do this deal with you if you can be good to me,
I want to info you there is one Dormant account here I confirmed
amount of fund worth of (FIFTY MILLION RAND ) which am in position
to move the money to any account may give to me for the transfer, but
I think if I move this fund into my own private account I believe
the Board Executive Management will find out, so to avoid that . That
is why I contact you for this deal to do it with you, I only need your
banking details and your full names and address, copy of your ID/
Passport and your cell phone number for easy communication for this
transaction record.

So please I don’t want you to betray me, as soon as I move the fund
into any account of yours, because I really want to trust you on this
deal, as you know this fund will help me and you on this difficult
time, also on future, and about the % I will like us to share the
money EQUALLY so please if you accept my offer get back to me with all
the information I needed to enable me proceed the transfer now, and I
promise you, never be worried or think order wise, because am the Head
Economic Research fund Payment System Department Director. Which I
have the power to wipe it out from the system as soon as I done the
transfer to whatever account you may provide to me for this transfer,
so this is risky free transaction. I will wait to hear from you.

Please this is my private E-mail address: (
info.authorizationdepartment@starmail.co.za )
From Dr. Christopher Loewald, FROM SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK, HEAD
ECONOMIC RESEARCH FUND PAYMENT SYSTEM DEPARTMENT.

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