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Audacious fraud targets victims of fraud in South Africa.

In the latest of the "we know you've lost money and we can help you get it back" frauds, an email purporting to be from an official source in the South African government is particularly cruel as it targets those who have already lost money. See the email below and never, ever, respond to any similar mail. 

Friday, 6 February, 2026 - 04:41

The email below is fraudulent. We publish it as a reference point to help readers identify simillar frauds. 

THERE IS NO SCHEME SUCH AS IS DESCRIBED IN THIS EMAIL. 

And, if you know much about fraud committed over the internet, you will recognise multiple errors in the text.



Good day. 

This is to officially inform you that after series of reports from victims of fraud/attempting fraud, the internet crime complaint center managed to apprehend and recover a huge amount of money from scammers as published: 
https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2025/African-authorities-dismantle-massive-cybercrime-and-fraud-networks-recover-millions 

Women and aged people who are often their targets lose huge amounts of money yearly to financial fraud according to the U.S accountability office and we are working together with relevant authorities to stop them, your email address was found in their computer hard-drive maybe you have been scammed or they tried to, hence we are contacting you for a refund. 

Kindly respond to this email for refunds. 

Thanks, 

Fraud-victims compensation 
Fcen. 
[false contact information removed]


 

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