419 scam: "Mr.Adams William" <dhlc1284@gmail.com> Attn Dear Fund Beneficiary,

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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: "Mr.Adams William" <dhlc1284@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.adamswilliam@email.cz
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 03:42:24 -0700
Subject: Attn Dear Fund Beneficiary,

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Good Day.

This is Mr Adams William, We wish to inform you that your email
address was one of the lucky ones to receive this funds. Firstly.
you've been notify that Mr. Rosely Donna brought your fund worth sum
of US$40 million USD in my office this morning for cancellation
because you refuse to send the delivery charge,so why do you want to
abandon such amount of funds.

Secondly, I pleaded on your behalf to contact you first and know if
you're still want your fund or not before i can go ahead and cancel
it, and this will be the last time I will update you about this funds
again.

Weâ€™re needed your correctly home address and your phone number where
to deliver your package successfully to you.

Note, you have only 48 hours to email me your full home address and
your phone number if you still want your funds or not.

Thanks
Mr. Adams William

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