419 scam: "Mr Wolley"<m.arabnejad@zarcable.com> CONTACT MY LAWYER FOR YOUR CASHIER'S CHECK

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- josephibe323@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Wolley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <josephibe323@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 02:46:19 +0300
Subject: CONTACT MY LAWYER FOR YOUR CASHIER'S CHECK

My dear good Friend,

Greetings in the name of God ! How are you and your family members ? I am once again Mr Wolley (CITIBANK) ,working with bank here and some time ago i introduced a transaction to you which one circumstance or the other did not permit you to conclude the deal with me. I am very excited to break the best news ever in my life to you that the fund claims and transfer which you tried somehow some time ago to assist me in handling in the bank,have finally been successfully transferred with the sincere co-operations of another partner from the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia whom i discovered upon realizing that you will not be able to assist me in realizing my dreams as at that time.

Nevertheless,i am currently in Saudi Arabia with my new partner and very busy with some investments project at hand,though i have resigned from the bank since as i told you earlier that i will upon concluding the transaction successfully. Any way i did not in any way forget your past efforts to assist me previously not minding that it did not work out between us as we planned.

I am hereby letting you know that in appreciation of your past efforts to assist me,i left the sum of (us$4,500,000.00) Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars in a Cashier's Check on your behalf as your compensation

with my lawyer before i traveled to Saudi Arabia. So contact him as soon as possible to enable him send you the Cashier's Check so that he will join me in celebrations after the hurdles me and my Lawyer went through together before.

Here is my Lawyer/Attorney email address:
His name is: O'CONNOR DESMOND RUPERT OF DESMOND RUPERT LAW CHAMBERS
EMAIL: josephibe323@gmail.com

NB: BELLOW IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATION YOU WILL SEND TO MY
Lawyer

1. FULL NAMES:
2. ADDRESS:
3. TELEPHONE NUMBER:

Contact him immediately and do not hesitate to notify me as soon as
the compensation money gets to you. As a result of tight and busy schedules here,i might not be all that free to write you e-mails but as soon as you receive the money from him, write me email so that i will confirm that you have gotten the money.

Yours good brother/friend,

Mr WOLLEY ( Citibank )
(writing from the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia).

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