419 scam: "Willem Wolmarans"<czbrats@tampabay.rr.com> Re: Why the silence?

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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:
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Willem Wolmarans" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infor@willemwolmarans.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 03:14:44 -0000
Subject: Re: Why the silence?

Compliments of the season,

Hello i am contacting you once again in regards to the email proposal i sent to you 2 months ago. I am contacting you once again in good faith, I'll start by introducing myself again i am Willem .A. Wolmarans (Founder of the W.A.W & Associates Law Office), I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. My late client made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US $10,647,190 (Ten Million Six Hundred And Forty Seven Thousand One Hundred And Ninety Dollars) in the bank. Waiting for your urgent response for more detailing, its important.

Regards,

Willem Wolmarans

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