419 scam: "David Adams"<thompsoncolev12@gmail.com> VERIFICATION

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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.
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- +2348126998820
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.
- pwilliamssv@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "David Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thompsoncolev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 08:40:19 -0800
Subject: VERIFICATION

My good friend

,

How are you and your humble family today?.

I am happy to inform you about our success in getting the fund transferred

under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.

Presently I am in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total inheritance sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to receive the fund despite that it failed some how that time.

Now contact my secretary for your compensation but presently he is in Nigeria for his two years master degree program, his name is

NAME: Mr. Peter Williams

EMAIL: pwilliamssv@yahoo.co.uk

PHONE: +234 8126 998820

Ask him to send to you the total sum of $500.000.00,(FIVE HUNDRED

THOUSAND DOLLARS) draft which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and

attempts in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much and may God continue to reward your good gestures.

So feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mr. Peter Williams and instruct him on where to send the Draft containing the money to you by confirming to him your full name and address where to send it to.Please let me to know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new partner and I are having at hand and because of this I may not be able to check my mail until first week August,

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with him,he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Note I have attempted to call you but all effort failed and I had to send you

a mail.

With best regards

David Adams

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