419 scam: "Mr. William David Chalmers" <dunlopphilip123@gmail.com> PARTNERSHIP

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million pounds" (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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. William David Chalmers" <dunlopphilip123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: almoayyedinternationalinfo@firemail.de
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:31:52 +0700
Subject: PARTNERSHIP

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ATTENTION!!!

I am Mr. William David Chalmers, I am currently working in Indonesia,
I know that This letter might surprise you because, we have not met
neither in person nor by correspondence. But I believe it is one day
that you get know somebody either in physical or through
correspondence, I found it interesting, and decided to contact you for
a business transaction.

Be so kind to contact me at your earliest-convenient for a possible
business deal involving money transfer

I wish to present you as the next of kin to the bank. However I
contacted you and wish that you stand as a relative to reclaim this
hard earned money to avoid being confiscated soon. I assure you the
operation is simple and no risk.

My proposal to you is, during an audit in our branch; I discovered a
dormant account with a balance of Â£ 52.000.000.00 - { Fifty-Two
Million Pounds Sterling Only), Which has not been operated upon over a
period of years.

From my investigation, the owner of the said account is Mr. Andreas
Schranner. While going through the bank records, whose account has
remained inoperative for over a long period of time.

I assure you the operation is simple and no risk because I will handle
the processes legally and legitimately.

But If you are not capable to handle this business, you can look for
someone who is capable do this business; then you will be entitled to
5% of the total money, for sourcing out a reliable partner to do the
transaction and deliver accordingly.

And we are into investment also ready to facilitate and finance any
business that is capable of generating 5% to 10% annual return on
investment (AROI) JV partnership and We give Hard financing ( LOAN )
can also be considered.

If you are interested in anyone, please let me know? I await your
quick response for more details with hope you can be trusted?

Sincerely,
Mr.William David Chalmers
Consultant

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