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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- jameswwelstead@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- contact person my self james stead williams email==jameswwelstead@hotmail.com email==jamessteadwilliams@gmail.com phone number==+229 (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "James Stead Williams" <jsousa@secrel.com.br>
Reply-To: jamessteadwilliams@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 19:55:20 -0700 (MST)
Subject: It is 5th of December 2017 and we have confirmed the good reason
you keep off
It is 5th of December 2017 and we have confirmed the good reason you keep
off from this ministry and refused to attend to our official reminders for
since this year and make sure that you respond today because this year is
getting to an end and i will not handle the same case next year since the
truth has come at last by this time of the year.
Now fill the form attached so that your fund should release to those you
sent after releasing them and bear it in back of your mind that you have
only two ways about this which is to settle the required charge direct to
this ministry or you sign the form and return to us so that the claiming
should go as you agreed on your family meeting last week as explained by
the husband and wife in police custody.
I don,t know what it takes you to tell me the truth that your health issue
could not allow you to complete this transaction with me and i will be
very bold to continue with your newly appointed next of kin and complete
this transaction with him and forget about this curt case year after year
as soon as the only needed $209 is settled.
Please understand that all communication about this should directed to
this particular email for security reason and to know the truth about this
last development.
Note that Robert Swan Mueller III the longest-serving FBI director who
helped before his resignation wanted to use his last chance of His
currently head of the Special Counsel investigation of Russian
interference in the 2016 United States elections as acting Director to
complete this transaction with us.
Note that we have only two ways of completing this issue due to so little
time ahead of us which is:
1, direct bank to wire transfer
2, through ATM MASTER Card
In all these we need your full names,home or office address as well as
your cell or mobile phone and you can as well call me on my direct phone
number as bellow for easy follow up of this issue.
Contact person my self James Stead Williams
Email==jameswwelstead@hotmail.com
Email==jamessteadwilliams@gmail.com
Phone number==+229 9550 4979
Thanks Mr Stead,
secretary general international access recovery.
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