419 scam: "Mr. Franklin Willian"<ndic_dmo@bellsouth.net> Your Kind Attention!!!

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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:
- "transfer of your funds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Franklin Willian" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <williamsonj54@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 04:09:56 +0100
Subject: Your Kind Attention!!!

Director, Anti-Fraud Unit.
Financial Services Regulatory Committee
Plot 33, ATB Way Cadastral Zone,
Abuja, NG

Your Kind Attention,

My committee has a mandate to recover unpaid debts associated with NNPC contracts, Lottery fund, inheritance fund, loans and grants etc. owed to various beneficiaries and companies across the globe (Asia, Europe, USA, Africa, and Australia) and submit the list of the unpaid beneficiaries/companies to the appointed official paying Bank for immediate payment of their funds with reference No.
FBN/TF-014NG.

However, we are surprised to receive another application this morning from your representative MR.ROBERT BERNARD who claims that you authorized him to transfer the funds to nother bank account. Based on our investigation of your payment, $10.5 Million has been approved in your favor for payment but we do not know if he is telling us the truth or he is one of those impostors.

Could you please confirm immediately your relationship with MR.ROBERT BERNARD and also your bank account details to wire funds because the bank needs this final confirmation to conclude their verification of your information for transfer has been programmed for this week?

You will do us a favor by informing us if he is from you by responding with the below listed information as confirmation.

(1) Your Full Name:
(2) Residential Address:
(3) Phone, Fax and Cell Phone:
(4) Profession, Age and Marital Status:
(5) Company/Business Name:
(6) Private E-mail Address:
(7) Attach Copy of any form of Identification:

I wish to inform you that all arrangements have been concluded and the said funds are supposed to be wired into your representative's account as stated above within 72 hours.

Finally, you are required to confirm your coordinates today by email or within the next Three (3) working days to avoid transfer of your funds to a wrong account.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Franklin Willian

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