419 scam: Andrew Wilson <henthomas947@gmail.com> TO THE BENEFICIARY OF RECOVERED FUNDS.

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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: Andrew Wilson <henthomas947@gmail.com>
Reply-To: andrewwison23@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:52:54 -0700
Subject: TO THE BENEFICIARY OF RECOVERED FUNDS.

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ATTENTION: FROM INTERNATIONAL POLICE.
TO THE BENEFICIARY OF RECOVERED FUNDS.

Dear ,

My Name is Andrew Wilson Chief Inspector, command on Interpol Fraud
Investigating Unit, i am mailing after much investigation we found out that
you are among those whose many scam artist contact in the name of business
tycoon, lawyers, offices and companies of all type demanding an upfront
payment from you before anything can be done for you to receive your funds.

They have told you series of endless sweet stories to enable you to trust
them and give them all information about yourself and then they can be able
to take all your heart effort in life. i am glad that finally the UN and
the world at large these con artist and right now we have been tracking
these scammers for some time and had some of their properties confiscated.

I need you now to kindly provide details of these people who you have sent
money to and also their working number along with emails and the amount
which you have sent to them to enable us start tracking these con artist
and you are advice not to associate with them any longer, i will be waiting
to hear from you soon.

NB: That your money will be returned to after the sales of the recovered
property from these scam artist. i need a name and phone numbers to be able
to track down these criminal. please do get back to me to give you the
update and remember that your money will be returned to you, send your
direct phone number to me as well for easy communication, thank you.

Your reply to us is very important.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Yours faithfully, Andrew Wilson

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