419 scam: "DONALD WILSON"< russ1971@yandex.ru> Good Day From Dwilson Furniture Designers Investment. (01/04/2010)

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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:

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.
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.
- +447031866764 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "DONALD WILSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dwilsondesigners@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 00:39:06 +0800
Subject: Good Day From Dwilson Furniture Designers Investment. (01/04/2010)

Dwilson Furniture Designers Investment

29 Niton Street, London, SW6 6NH.

Direct Telephone number: +44 7031866764

Good Day,

Are you a property owner in the United States ? Do you have an existing home equity line of credit or personal/business with any US/CANADIAN Bank? I am Mr.Donald Wilson from dwilson Designs London , UK . I write to solicit your assistance in working with me as my Payment Officer who can help me establish a medium of getting across to my customers in USA and CANADA as well as making wire transfers to you on my behalf. I made and Export furniture into Canada , America/Europe and have Clients who make bulk transfer of funds and due to large sum of money involved, they prefer making the transfers into an Equity Line of Credit account. please If interested do get back to us, as to enable us furnish you with more information.

You will be allotted 7-10% of total amount wired into your account.

Meanwhile our personal investment funding application form will be sent to you as soon as we are in receipt of your email.

Your faithfully,

Mr.Donald Wilson

29 Niton Street, London, SW6 6NH.

Direct Telephone number: +44 7031866764

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