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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: Johnson Mujuru <johnsonmujuru1982@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mujuru_john@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 12:33:36 +0200
Subject: ref

Dear Sir
I am Mr. John Mokaba Mujuru, 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/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 (FIfty 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 Africa
Reserve Bank awaiting claim by any foreign partner which status we now want
you to resume. 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 30% of the total sum
will be given to you, 70% will be for us

I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free as we have concluded
every arrangement to protect the interest of everyone involved, 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 your designated account within 72
hours after your claim has been approved. 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 with the above telephone number
first before sending email. Please treat this information as urgent and
confidential.

Best Regards
John Mokaba Mujuru

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