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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 <johnmokaba4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: john.mokaba.m@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:01:50 +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 RegardsMr. Johnson Mokaba *

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