419 scam: "Mr. Malusi Gigaba"<gigaba@treasury.gov.za> GREETINGS FROM THE FINANCE MINISTER, MALUSI GIGABA.

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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)
- "00,000.00" (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: "Mr. Malusi Gigaba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gigaba@minister.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 06:04:33 -0500
Subject: GREETINGS FROM THE FINANCE MINISTER, MALUSI GIGABA.

Greetings,

This is to inform you that as I was going through some stacked payment file in my office, I came across a file containing information about your outstanding fund, R126,000,000.00 which has been in the escrow account account of the department of National Treasury for over a year.

The investigation I carried out on why your fund has not been released to you revealed that you could not meet up with the fee requested from you by the former finance minister(my predecessor), Mr. Pravin Gordhan.

As part of my determination/promise to make things and the economy easier for South Africans on assumption of office as the finance minister, I have decided to cut down the fee to an affordable level for you to ensure that you receive your fund without spending much.

For the processing of your fund release, you are required to confirm the following details:

1, NAME AND CURRENT ADDRESS.

2, AGE AND CURRENT JOB.

3, TELEPHONE(MOBILE) NUMBER.

4, PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS IF ANY.

Awaiting your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully.

Malusi Gigaba

Minister of Finance,

Republic of South Africa.

Fax: 086 265 0311.

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