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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: "MOW&H" <priinto77@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesdidiza@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 09:45:17 +0200
Subject: CONTRACT SUM

Dear Sir/Ma.

My name is Mr. James Didiza" a senior government official in South
Africa, I am the Chief of Staff in charge for contract awards &
execution. Also the supervisor of all contracts in Department of
Public Works & Infrastructure. In 2020 During Corona Virus (Pandemic)
Covid-19, I personally Facilitate and supervised the awarded contracts
for supplies of building materials and constructions of ultra modern
shopping malls, low cost housing units, airports maintenance and
Stadiums to Improve the standard of living in this country during the
Pandemic, In some provinces such as the Western Cape, Eastern Cape,
Gauteng & Natal here in South Africa.

Serving in the board, I deliberately inflated and over invoiced the
contract sum, leaving an excess of US$30, 000,000.00 (Thirty Million
United States Dollars Only). At the completion of the contracts, the
real contract sum was paid to the original contractors, leaving the
excess, which was reported to the Government that it belonged to the
sub-contractor that handled part of the original contract. But the
company submitted as the beneficiary was non-existing foreign company,
which was a purported attempt to divert the money for private use. I
do not intend to mince words with you, I have to tell you the truth;
this is a deal but completely risk-free and genuine because the
contract has been perfectly and genuinely executed and completed. It
depends on whether you are interested or not.

Right now this amount is due for payment and is floating in the
treasury not attached to anyone/company. I am the only person who knew
the origin of this fund. But I cannot claim it by my self because I am
still a civil servant. Therefore I am looking for a trustworthy
foreign company or individual whose name can be used to claim this
money for our mutual benefit.

This is strictly a business deal, but it’s completely risk-free and
secure because I will use my official positions to source all the
necessary approvals, official documents and certificates that will
back up the fund to reflect that you/your company genuinely executed
and completed the contract. All necessary arrangements have been put
in place in all the relevant departments for immediate approval of
this payment.

For your co-operation, I have agreed to offer you 2.5% of the entire
amount on conclusion of the transaction while 75% will be for my
family & I. If you are interested in this proposal, I want you to
respond immediately through my personal e-mail account stated below
for further information and directives.

This transaction is expected to be completed within 5 or 8 work days
and it’s highly confidential and discreet. Thank you for your
co-operation. Your urgent reply is awaited through my private email
accounts below.

Best Regards,

Mr. James Didiza.
Private Email: didizasa@gmail.com
(Dept. of Public Works)

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