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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: "Dr. Xoli Shabalala" <xwshabalala@outlook.com>
Reply-To: xwshabalala@highveldmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 09:26:51 +0530
Subject: Re: Business Proposal


Dear Friend,

Re: Business Proposal

Compliment of the Season!

I have a Business proposition for you and hopefully it might interest you.
My name is Dr. Xolisile Winfredar Shabalala. I am the Chief Accounting
Officer (CAO) of Covid-19 Command Council in South Africa. The command
Council was set up in March last year by South African president to tackle
and manage the affairs of Covid-19 Pandemic in our Country. Just like so
many Countries, we raised funds both locally and internationally in the
process of managing the global pandemic. Few Months into our activities, I
can gladly say that the Pandemic has been brought under control. Out of
panic, many contracts were awarded for the expansion of our healthcare
system, procurement of Personal Protection Equipment and building of
Emergency Isolation Facilities.

We are pleased to see that against our initial scientific modelling, the
actual infection rates have fallen far below our estimates and forecasts,
especially after the discovery of this new Omicron Strain of Covid-19.
Some Contracts awarded are far from being executed. Hence some of the
procurement contracts are temporarily stopped at the moment.

This has created some idle funds and Contracts Buy-backs! Out of this, I
and a senior colleague have worked out a perfect plan to have the sum of
(USD 9 Million) immediately transferred to a foreign bank account for our
mutual benefit. I am currently saddled with the responsibility of looking
for a reliable foreign person to stand in trust for us and receive this
fund as part of our Covid-19 Pandemic pay-outs. I thought you would be
best fitted to play this role.

This is entirely risk free as all supporting documents would be made
available to support the payment to your Bank account. Our Bankers cannot
transfer this money without the backing documents anyway. I will propose
what I believe is a befitting percentage of this fund as your compensation
and reward in my next email.

Please get back to me as soon as possible for further information. I also
advice you to keep the transaction confidential until conclusion; my
Private line is +27-60-361-5788. E-mail: xwshabalala@highveldmail.co.za

Thanks again for your gracious and sincere time, towards the completion of
this transaction.

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Xolisile Winfredar Shabalala
(Chief Accounting Officer)











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