419 scam: david williams <david_williams1953@yahoo.com> Good Day

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- davidwilliams5677@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: david williams <david_williams1953@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: david williams <david.williams57@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 06:37:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Good Day

Good Day,

Greetings to you. I know that my message will come to you as a surprise. I am Mr.David William , the Account Director in United Bank of Africa (UBA) Ghana, a country in West Africa. In my Department here at the bank, I discover an abandoned sum of US$12.8M United State Dollars.The money belongs to one of our biggest customer whose name is General Valery Mikhaylovich Khalilov from Russia. The late General died on 25th December, 2016 on a plane crash en-route to Syrian where a civil war is going on since 2011.His plane crashed into the Black Sea off Sochi, Russia. I contacted you to enable both of us claim this US$12.8M United State Dollars,and have it transferred into your account in your country.

Upon the receipt of your reply and indication of your capability, I will give you full details on how the business will be executed.Note that you will have 45% of the above sum if you agree to handle this business with me, while 50% will be for me and after this transaction 5% will remove for any expenses that may arise during the process.

No other person will know about this business deal, not even my colleagues in my bank will know about this golden opportunity which I want you to partake with me. Make sure you keep everything confidential, until we have the fund claimed and wired into your bank account.It is 100% risk free, this is because I have mapped out a guideline and procedure to use in claiming this fund on your names. You will be presented as the rightful next of kin to late General Valery Mikhaylovich Khalilov.

I will send you an agreement, you will study it sign and I will also sign it. When we have endorsed the agreement, both of us will have full trust on each other. Then I can give you OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM which you will fill and send to the bank for the claim of the money on your names. Kindly contact me through my private email address: (davidwilliams5677@gmail.com ). You can call me also on my telephone number via +233-245-288-305.Thanks and have a nice day.

God have bless us.

Best regards,

Mr.David

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