419 scam: "Mr. Samuel Williams" <suemie205@att.net> URGENT.

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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:
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348037168239 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- samuelwilliams550@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Samuel Williams" <suemie205@att.net>
Reply-To: samuelwilliams550@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:59:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT.

Dear Sir,

My name is Samuel Williams , I am the director incharge of Payment Verification and Credit Control at the Central bank of Nigeria. For that, I have the privilege of verifying all the payment that goes out of Nigeria because Central Bank control all the payments and your payment inclusive. Your file was refer to me for verification as the funds was returned from fail remittance attempt for some reasons and we have a daming information for you concenrinig this payment.

I find out that you do not have any funds directly to claim in Nigeria. I observed that the payment was originally due to CATOTEX SA who are the contractors and their total amount was paid to them in full but some top officials of the government over-invoiced the transaction thus it is this over-invoice amount that is being processed in your name. I have the capacity to transfer this money into your account if you will work withg me, but I want fifty percent (50%) of the total sum becouse i am working with some people and it is 100% guarrantee. I have kept the original file and if you can cortporate with me, I shall ratify and transfer the funds in your account for our mutual benefit.

I need you as much as you need me. We need to work together to achieve success in this deal. it is quite easy for you to have gotten the money but because of my eagle eye. I want to be a part of this deal otherwise it will not work. I will involve some other top bank officials to make things easy for us that is why I am demanding for 50% as I said before. I am not a saint nor the best man in the world but all I know is that this is an opportunity for me to secure my future and that of my children after I retire from public service.

In the course of my investigation too I found out that your file was duplicated into many copies thus a lot of people contact you arbitrarily without due process and often for personal gains knowing fully well that no payment will ever be made with duplicate copies of the claim file. If we must do this deal, you must stop all communication with every other person in other not to jeopardize our chances of getting the money in the cense that you might lick a little secret that will draw us backwards.

Think about it and get back to me immediately. I shall give you my other personal information when I hear from you.

Best Regards,

Mr.Samuel Williams

EMALL:samuelwilliams550@gmail.com

DIRECT PHONE: 234- 80 371 68 239

Director, Payment Verification and Credit Control (CBN)

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