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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: admin <info@noreply.com>
Reply-To: xwshabalala@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2023 21:09:46 -0700
Subject: Financing Your Projects, Businesses and Contracts

Attn: Sir/Madam,

Greetings,

I write to inform you that my office is in a cordial working
relationship with a Group of International Funders with high capacity of
financing any viable Government, Corporate and Private Projects/Business
opportunities with our experience team of professional evaluators, hence
we seek any of the interested audience to take advantage of the
opportunity as funds has been mapped out by the investors to be released
for any viable project with good ROI. My clients can provide investment
funds in the region US$50,000-US$200,000,000 in financial investment
support to you, depending on the government contract, project or
business and provided that the Return on Investment (ROI) will be paid
back as would be agreed in a written Contract.

Therefore, if you have any funding need as mentioned above, kindly
contact me for more details on the procedure moving forward, thank you.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Xoli Shabalala
Operating Capital Consultant

Personal Line: +27-60-361-5788

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