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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 <johnmokaba2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: john.mokaba.m@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:08:09 +0200
Subject: ref

*Dear SirMy name is Johnson Ntuli 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 ($50 000 000.00) 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 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 25% of gross will be given to you, 75% will be for
5 directors inovle.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 Ntuli Mokaba*

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