419 scam: Howell David Wung You are confidentially needed as trustee

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- howelldavid918@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Howell David Wung
Reply-To: <davidhowell2777@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 09:14:52 -0700
Subject: You are confidentially needed as trustee

Hello, how are you doing today

Apologies that I contact you unannounced through this medium. I am Howell David Wung, the deputy General Manager of HSBC branch here in Sarawak, Malaysia Group and the CEO of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Asia-Pacific . As a banker, I am aware of the various atrocities propagated over the Internet but please this is not of such. I am only contacting you in desperation out of the reality of the circumstances and dilemma that I find myself.

I write you this proposal in good faith hoping that I will rely on you. In 2004, one of my customers at the bank (HSBC, here in Malaysia) who was an independent oil contractor here in Malaysia also, but died in the tsunami of 26th December 2004 in Indonesia. He and his entire family were killed in that disaster that shook the world. He operated a Domiciliary Investment Account with the private banking division of HSBC and that account was one of numerous accounts assigned to me. The balance in the account was $ 40.5M Million USD when he died but due the accrued interest over the past years the fund has risen a little to $ 47.2 Million USD in the last quarter of 2014. I was his account officer before I rose to the position of Deputy General Manager of HSBC branch here in Sarawak now.

Since the last quarter of 2014 until today, the management of my bank have been finding a means to reach him so as ascertain if he will want to roll over the Deposit or have the contract sum withdraw .Since September 2014, when I discovered that this will happen, I learnt of his death, so I have tried to think up a procedure to preserve this fund and use the proceed for charity and things that will benefit the poor and provide employment opportunities. Some directors here have been trying to find out from me the information about this account and the owner, but I have kept it closed because, I know that if they become aware that he is now late, they will divert the funds for personal interest only.

Therefore, I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the one to benefit from his fund so that my bank head quarters will pay the funds to you. I want you to bear one thing in mind, there is no risk involved in this transaction, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach of law. It is 100% risk free and secured once you follow my instructions and keep everything secret between us.

Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this information as TOP SECRET. At the receipts of your reply, strictly through my personal email address : howelldavid918@gmail.com

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