419 scam: "Ms. Susan" <mrsgracemanda52@gmail.com> Please confirm if you received this email

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- sshabangu160msq@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Susan" <mrsgracemanda52@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sshabangu150msq@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 09:11:06 +0200
Subject: Please confirm if you received this email

>From Mrs. Susan Shabangu

Former Minister of Social Development,

Republic Of South Africa

Email: sshabangu160msq@gmail.com

Good Day,

First, let me start by introducing myself My name is Mrs. Susan Shabangu, I
am visually impaired Widow, a mother of three children and former Deputy
Minister for Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa under the
auspices of the former President of South Africa, Mr.Jacob Zuma, and was
formerly elected as Minister of Women in the Presidency 03 June 2014 under
the auspices of the new President of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa and
also former Minister of Social Development from 2018-02-27. After due
deliberation with my children, I decided to contact you for your ass
instance in standing as a beneficiary to the sum of US$30.5M (Thirty
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only).You can view my
profile at my (//http://www.dsd.gov.za/) and read about me.

THE PROPOSAL, after my swearing in ceremony making me the former Minister
of Safety and Security, my husband Mr. Ndebele Shabangu died while he was
on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago. After his death, I discovered
that he had some funds in a dollar account which amounted to the sum of
US$30.5Million with a security and finance institution in South Africa of
which I will divulge information to you when I get your full consent and
support to go for a change of beneficiary and subsequent transfer of the
funds into your comfortable and conducive account of your choice. This fund
emanated as a result of an over-invoiced contract which he executed with
the Government of South Africa. Though I assisted him in getting this
contract but I never knew that it was over-invoiced by him. I am afraid
that the government of South Africa might start to investigate on contracts
awarded from 2001 to date.

If they discover this money in his security company account, they will
confiscate it and seize his assets here in South Africa and this will
definitely affect my political career in government. I want your assistance
either by coming down to South Africa in person or provide your complete
bank details information, so that these funds could be wired directly into
your overseas account without any hitch. I am offering you 20% of the
principal sum which amounts to US$6,100.000.00 (Six million One Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars Only) and 5% will be for any expenses that
both of us may Insure in this transaction. And another 5% will go for
Motherless babes home. However, you have to assure me and also be ready to
go into agreement with me that you will not elope with my fund. If you
agree to my terms, kindly as a matter of urgency send me an email.

Also, I can give you my banker contact details so that you can contact him
and discuss with him directly as he already promised to use his position to
move this fund out of South Africa. Please I do not need to remind you of
the need for absolute Confidentiality of this transaction.

My regards to your family,

Mrs. Susan Shabangu.

Email: sshabangu160msq@gmail.com

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