419 scam: "B Winters"<bills.winters@foxmail.com> Request For Investment Funding Feedback

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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:
- "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.
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.
- +447452155381

Fraud email example:

From: "B Winters" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <billswinters@financier.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:12:34 -0500
Subject: Request For Investment Funding Feedback

Greetings,
My Name is Bill Winters, the Group Chief Executive Director of Standard Chartered Bank London, I am very interested to be in partnership with you in any project of your choice and in any country of your choice and I will make available any amount of capital / Funds The sum (#£#55, 500, 000, 00 Million GB {Pounds#) that will be required for any Projects or Venture/Real Estates and Energy and Mining .
This sub sequential amount has been placed in an escrow call account for onward transfer for any kind of investments /projects you wish. With your adequate co-operation, this transaction will only take working days to be duly and successfully executed.
Is rest assured that my personal attorney has already put in place an MOU (Working Agreement 40) and will also process every legal backing documentations to place the capital / Funds in your Name or company Name for immediate and onward transfer to your presented bank account, which I will personally take care of both the vetting/ keying process, I wait for your urgent response for further information.
In course of this transaction, there are practically no risk involve because It has been programmed to be a bank-to-bank transfer. Please this is very confidential /classified transaction please.
I will appreciate your timely response.
Thank you
Yours Truly.
Bill Winters
Group Chief Executive
Standard Chartered PLC.
Phone: +44 7452155381
+44 7430132411
Profile:
https://www.sc.com/en/about-us/our-people/about-us-our-people-profile/bill-winters.html

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