419 scam: "William Tony Green Jr"<marta@belvederericcione.com> Please 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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "William Tony Green Jr" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <williamtonygreen@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:52:11 -0700
Subject: Please Attention

Atten Please,

My name is Mr. William Tony Green; I work as a business/financial consultant here in London. I am also in contact with a private investors and direct lenders from Middle East who are interested in funding reliable project after receiving and studying business plan of that project. My investors can fund your organization or finance your project 100% and this can be inform of contribution in cash or according to your wishes for your project anywhere in the world, These projects may either be oil and gas, real estate, mining, farming, resort and transport especially in Turkey, U.A.E. Saudi Arabia Germany, India, US, Australia, Canada, China etc.

But I have issue here; a top Government official from Africa wants a reliable partner who will invest money for him in USA in proxy. After my discussion with him, he informed me that the sum of $65m is available for any viable investment. Now I seek your interest in working with him having advised him that the best arrangement is to negotiate with this investor from Middle East so that the fund will come to you from them as financiers of your project to avoid suspicion from your authority as to the source of the fund. There will be agreement between you and them in this effect.

Having gone through you profile, your website and your position I will be willing to introduce you to the Minister for a strong business institution between you and him. Please confirm for official recognition.

Regards

Mr. William Tony Green

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