419 scam: "Attorney William Allen"<williamallen@sify.com> HELP RECEIVE HER ALIMONYHERZLICHEN GLXCKWUNSCH oPŒë¸"

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- +447045734447 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Attorney William Allen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <william.allen@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:54:08 -0700
Subject: HELP RECEIVE HER ALIMONY

Attn: Sir/Madam,

I am Attorney William Allen of Waller & Associates from the United State of America presently in Europe, my client Rosemary Nelson a British citizen married to Anderson Green a citizen of the United States of America precisely from New Jersey, the got married on 17th of April 2000 and have 2 kids to their marriage. The shared peace of mind until of late her ex husband started keeping girl friends outside there home and kept beating her , well she will be a fool to stay in such a marriage when she is turned into a punching bag .

She called it a quit and right now the have divorced and all documents are in place as regards to that please she want to confide in you to trust you and pay you for your services, her ex husband is supposed to pay her off with the sum of 98,720 united states dollars due to the fact that she left America for health treatment as regards to her parents instruction, she will like you to receive the divorce fee (ALIMONY) on her behalf and take 10% of the total fee.

I will instruct you on what to do with the balance until she get back to the states , right now she cant come over because she is on treatment here in London.

Please to prove that you are real and honest to work with me please provide the following information’s as regards’ how the money can be sent to you

1. Complete name
2. Complete address
3. Age
4. Marital status
5. Job type
6. Sex
7. Phone number (cell)
NOTE: This is a fair deal as you do not have to spend or sent to anybody any of your money.

Please kindly understand that she is counting on you.

William Allen
+44 704 573 4447

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