419 scam: "Mr. Kwame Williams"<info@Coponamad.com> YOUR ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Kwame Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kwamewilliams2@gmx.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 23:56:47 -0700
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED

Mr.Kwame Williams Jr
Rue 4110 Jaim Platz
Avenue, Accra Ghana.

Hello Dear.

Excuse me for writing you this letter even though l have not known or met you before, but l took it upon myself to contact you and l believed that you must be a trustworthy and reliable person that will not like to intimidate me or betray my trust after hearing this news's am the first son of Late Kwame Evans Williams who died about 1 year now. My Father was an office that served in the Country Military before he died along with his matter FMR President John Evans Atta Mills.
Due to the election petition form for which is still going on in curt at the moment, our dea country is a very big mess now.
My main reason of contacting you is to seek for your assistance to help me invest my family legacy over there in your country because my late father left and inheritance for us which he deposited to the care of a security company here in Ghana, If you accept to help me out of this project, l am ready to start with an initial capital of (USD$12,000.000.00) United states dollars and 30% of this money will be given to you for assisting me get this dream realize and 60% will be for my investment while 10% will be set aside to reimburse any expenses we made during the process of realizing this dream.
In your response to this mail indicating your interest and readiness to work with me on this deal, more information and the modalities in which this transaction will be carried out will be released to you and some of the classified documents of these funds will also be send to you for your attention and perusal. Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.
Keep this very transaction to yourself until we get this whole business done and finished. I look forward to hear from you.
Regards
Mr.Kwame Williams Jr
For the family

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