419 scam: Director Williams Cord <williamscordoffice@gmail.com> We need your response

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: Director Williams Cord <williamscordoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Director Williams Cord <williamscord12@live.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:32:00 +0900 (JST)
Subject: We need your response

Dear Award Fund OwnerÂ

I write to know why we have not heard from you regarding your Compensation Award Notification payment of â‚¬950,000.00 EURO. Please let us know if you receive this email in an error.Â

Note that your Compensation payment of â‚¬950,000.00 EURO has being approved and waiting for confirmation to receive your payment from the below stated account where all the compensation fund was paid into by the Federal Government of Republic Du Benin & I.M.F for security reasons in Trinidad & Tobago.

CREDIT SUISSE, CH-8038 ICH,SW-TT
ACCOUNT NO: 0872-456011-91
IBAN: CH55 0487 2045 6011 9100 0
SWIFT CODE: CRESCHZZ8OT

Note once more that all payment will be made out from the U.B.A Bank of Benin under the Compensation Award Fund Notification.

Kindly get in touch with me today via email or phone for further details to avoid error payment to a wrong person to enable us proceed with the transfer of the â‚¬950,000.00 EURO to your current bank account in your country as scheduled.

Best Regards,
Williams Cord
Director, Anti-Fraud UnitÂ
Financial Services Regulation Committee

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