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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: John Mokaba <johnmokaba2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: john.mokaba.m@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:53:26 +0200
Subject: ref

Dear Sir
My name is Johnson Mokaba, A Member Project Implementation with South
African Anglo-Gold Ashanti in Johannesburg and a member of the Contract
Tenders Board (CTB) of the above corporation. Your esteemed address was
reliably introduced to me at the South African Chamber of Commerce and
Industry in my search for a reliable individual or company who can handle a
strictly confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a
reasonable sum of money to a foreign account. The amount of money involved
is ($130 000 000.00) One hundred and thirty million United States Dollars.

This money has already been extracted from various contracts awarded by
this corporation, as a result of over-invoicing masterminded by the
concerned officials involved, this has been drafted to represent the final
payment for a contract that was executed to this corporation some years
back. The money is now floating in the suspense account of the South
African Reserve Bank awaiting claim by any foreign partner/company that
will present as the beneficiary, if you are willing to work with us.. Now
is the optimum period to consummate this fund, following the presidential
directive to all ministries to settle all outstanding debts owed to both
local and foreign contractors? In my last meeting with the Officials
involved, it was unanimously agreed that 20% of the total sum will be given
to you, 80% will be for 5 directors.

I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free as we have concluded
every arrangement to protect the interest of everyone involve, Likewise all
modalities for the successful transfer of this fund have been worked out
with Department of Finance and the South Africa Reserve Bank to facilitate
the remittance of this fund to any designated account within 72 hours after
your claim have placed on your behalf for approval. However, I would want
to believe that you are honest enough and will not raise any misgiving
attitude in any aspect of the transaction, more importantly, that you will
keep this transaction very confidential so as not to tarnish the confidence
reposed on these officials by the Government of South Africa. If this
proposal is of interest to you, then kindly contact me as soon as possible.

Best Regards
Mr. Johnson Mokaba

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