419 scam: "Mr.Robert Williams" <rioroman56@gmail.com> Attention Beneficiary your overdue payments have been approved.

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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:
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
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.
- irobertwilliamsa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Robert Williams" <rioroman56@gmail.com>
Reply-To: irobertwilliamsa@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:19:54 +0700
Subject: Attention Beneficiary your overdue payments have been approved.

RE: RECOVERED FUND.

In reference to the signal received from our Investigative Team
concerning overdue payments. We write to inform you that some funds
have been recovered from some Security Companies, and sub financial
houses, meant to be paid out to owners but diverted.

However, it was found after due auditing and vetting of all payment
files, that your name was tagged on the unpaid payment list. Thus, we
are informing you that all overdue payments have been approved and a
sum of $5,500,000, as shown in our Gazette will be released to you
after re-confirmation of your details.

Meanwhile you are advice to reconfirm the below information upon
contacting us to avoid delivery to wrong person.
1- Your Full Name
2- Your Delivery Address
3- Your Contact Telephone, fax or mobile Number.
4- Your Occupation
5- Your Identification (Passport number or ID Card number)

Contact this office directly via Email, Text or Call to speed up
payment processing and release. Do discard this information, if you
are not the intended recipient.

All emails are read and attended.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Robert Williams
Director, Foreign Matters
E-Mail: irobertwilliamsa@gmail.com

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