419 scam: Dr James Williams <drjameswilliams1942@gmail.com> $ 850 000 00

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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.
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- mrsmonicaajara@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr James Williams <drjameswilliams1942@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsmonicaajara@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:10:34 +0200
Subject: $ 850 000 00

Greetings, I am,Dr James Williams Esq. who contacted you for a
business transaction some time ago but something led to another and we
could not achieve our aim of

transferring the money to your Bank account as planned. I'm happy to
inform you that i have had the funds transferred with the cooperation
of a new partner from JAPAN.

Presently, I'm in JAPAN for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum. Meanwhile, I have not forgotten your past efforts and
attempt to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us somehow.

Now contact my secretary her name is Mrs Monica Ajara
E-mail:(mrsmonicaajara@gmail.com) Ask her to send you ATM VISA CARD of
$850.000.00 which I kept for your

compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.

I appreciate your collective efforts at that time so, feel free and
get in touch with my secretary and instruct her where and how to send
your ATM visa card to you.

Please, do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the suffering at that time. At moment, I am very
busy here in JAPAN because of

the investment projects which I and the new partner are having at hand
without confrontations.

As a serious minded and straight forwarded person, I instructed my
secretary to make sure she carries out the assignment of sending you
your ATM visa card as

instructed. So feel free to get in touch with her and she will send
the amount to you without any delay.

With Regards,

Dr James Williams

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