419 scam: Frederick Williams <iuj33jr@gmail.com> Notice Awaiting Your Confirmation

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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:
- "required fee " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Frederick Williams <iuj33jr@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info@vicenzaingegneria.it
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:08:01 -0700
Subject: Notice Awaiting Your Confirmation

United Bank for Africa (UBA)

New York Regional Address

No.1 Rockefeller Plaza, 8th Floor New York, NY10020

Direct Desk : 1 (347) 991 6219

Good day to you, I am Frederick Williams from United Bank For Africa (UBA), New York regional office. After receiving a payment credit instructions from the head office of my bank in Africa,to have this payment of your funds released from my bank's annex / business office in USA, My attention was called to reach you officially. This is as regards to your Inheritance payment of $14,700,000.00 that is meant to be handed over to you of which you might be aware of your inheritance payment or you might not be aware as well. The head office of my bank in Africa viz United Bank For Africa (UBA) has prepared all the necessary documentations validating the release of your $14,700,000.00 to you officially, not until now we received a notification from one Mr. Lamar Williams notifying us that you are dead and you instructed us to pay the $14,700,000.00 to his account and he is ready to pay the required fee for us to transfer your $14,700,000.00 to this his account he provided below:

Account Name: Lamar Williams
Bank Name: CitiBank
Address: 100 Citibank Drive San Antonio, Texas 78245
Routing No: 113193532
Account No: 40501825959
Account Type: Checking
Swift Code: CITIUS33

I am writing this mail to you, for you to respond back to this message and indicate if you are alive and let us know if you authorise him to claim your funds, you have just 48 hours to notify us that you are alive so we know the next line of action(s) as regards necessary filings and change in documentations.

Thank you.

Frederick Williams

Business manager

United Bank For Africa (UBA), New York Branch, USA

Direct Phone: 1 (347) 991 6219

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