419 scam: "Dr.John Williams.," <business@coastalaska.org> Hello Friend..

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.John Williams.," <business@coastalaska.org>
Reply-To: <Erick1177@naver.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 00:15:12 -0700
Subject: Hello Friend..

My Dear Friend,

How are you? I wish to notify you about my success transferring those funds to Thailand through the cooperation of a new partner. Presently I am in Bangkok-Thailand for a project with my own share of the money. Although, I have not forgotten several attempts you made to help transfer those funds, despite that it failed us some how. I must confess that you are indeed a good friend and partner. For this reason, I have decided to compensate you with 15% from my own share of the money which amount the total sum of US$435,000.00

I left this amount of money with my secretary, Miss.Erick Monica. I advice you contact my secretary immediately and urge her to send your own 15% share of the money which I kept under her custody. Bellow is her contact information:

Contact person: Miss.Erick Monica.,

Email: erick2015102@naver.com

Note: I truly appreciate your past effort, so feel free to contact Miss.Monica Erick. and urge her to send your own share of the money to you. I can assure you that my sectary is a God fearing person and she will send the money to you without any delay.

Do let me know when you receive the money, so we can celebrate together after all the sufferings in time past.

Regards,

Dr.John Williams.,

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