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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us dollars" (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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- petrusmabaso464@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- management avd sa 133, 28001 jhb south africa email: petrusmabaso464@gmail.com <%20petrusmabaso464@gmail.com%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20> (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Investment Securities <stephengianino20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: petrusmabaso347@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 22:16:37 +0200
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,

SAFE TRUST INVESTMENT SECURITIES S.A.
Financial Services, Investment Advice, Safety Deposits

Individual investment Portfolio Management

Avd SA 133, 28001 JHB South Africa
Email: petrusmabaso464@gmail.com
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Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Petrus Mabaso . I am the director of operation Safe Trust
Investment Securities South Africa. I know this letter will come to you as
a surprise but I want you to understand that my contacting you is divine
because I want us to do this business deal together. I got your contact
from international brochure and decided to contact you for this simple
business deal considering the fact that you will help me in the
actualization of this great business deal. I am contacting you concerning a
fund valued $15,000.000.00 (Fifteen Million US Dollars) deposited with our
affiliate bank by our late esteemed customer late *Mr. Faik Ayaz*, a
Turkish citizen and contractor residing in Iraq. He moved this money from
Iraq to South Africa for investment. He went back to Iraq to bring his
entire family to Spain from Iraq but he died in a bomb blast with his
entire family.

Since I got the information about the bomb blast and the death of our
customer, I felt bad because from my adequate investigation I gathered that
all his family members were involved in the bomb blast there by living
nobody to claim the above mentioned fund. Based on this I contacted you to
act as the cousin, relative or next of kin to our late esteemed customer. I
will give you information's of the fund which you will use to apply for the
release of the fund to you as the cousin and next of kin to the deceased
customer. This business is risk free; nobody will suspect you coupled with
the fact that I will give you all the information of the fund which will
prove to our affiliate bank that you are related or next of kin to the late
depositor. Upon the successful release and transfer of this fund to your
account we will share the money 60-35% respectively, while 5% will be set
aside to reimburse expenses that will be incurred during the transfer of
the fund to your account.

Finally, be mindful that nobody here knows that I contacted you for this
business deal. To this effect you should please keep this letter
confidential whether you are interested or not because if any body here
discovers that I gave out this information I will definitely lose my job
and will be into big problem. You should signify your interest to do this
business deal with me by my private email address for security purposes.
This business deal will not last more than 7 days if you signify your
interest to work with me to actualize this golden opportunity. You should
contact me on my private email address: petrusmabaso464@gmail.com,for more
details.

I anticipate your swift and immediate response.

Sincerely yours,

Petrus Mabaso

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