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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: D Andrew <ad9340631@gmail.com>
Reply-To: daveandrew2022@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 12:58:34 +0200
Subject: ref

*Dear Sir*













*My name is Dave Andrew, 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. Dave Andrew*

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