419 scam: "Anna S. William" <susanwiliam772@gmail.com> =?UTF-8?B?R8O8bmF5ZMSxbiAsLi4uLi5Hb29kIE1vcm5pbmcgLA==?=

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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: "Anna S. William" <susanwiliam772@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anwilliam152@citromail.hu
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 08:49:34 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?R8O8bmF5ZMSxbiAsLi4uLi5Hb29kIE1vcm5pbmcgLA==?=

GÃ¼naydÄ±n ,

BugÃ¼n benden bu mektubu alÄ±nca ÅŸaÅŸÄ±racaÄŸÄ±nÄ±zÄ± biliyorum.
Benim adÄ±m Anna S. William, Bu mektup son derece ayrÄ±calÄ±klÄ± ve acilen
ilgilenmenizi gerektiriyor Ã§Ã¼nkÃ¼ Ã¼lkenizden olan ve sizinle aynÄ±
soyadÄ±na sahip olan Banka mÃ¼ÅŸterimizden birini kaybettik ve onun sabit
vadeli bir MevduatÄ± vardÄ±. vefatÄ±ndan Ã¶nce BankamÄ±zda 4.7 Milyon Dolar
deÄŸerinde.

Rahmetli MÃ¼ÅŸterimiz Mahmut ile uyruÄŸunuz gÃ¶z Ã¶nÃ¼ne alÄ±ndÄ±ÄŸÄ±nda, onunla
hiÃ§bir ÅŸekilde akrabanÄ±z olmayabilir biliyorum ama onunla aynÄ± adÄ±
paylaÅŸmanÄ±z, adÄ±nÄ±za fonlarÄ±n alÄ±nmasÄ±nÄ± kolaylaÅŸtÄ±racak ve ikimiz de
bÃ¶lÃ¼ÅŸeceÄŸiz. fonlar %50 %50 bir kez para hesabÄ±nÄ±za aktarÄ±lÄ±r.

Hemen yanÄ±tÄ±nÄ±zÄ± bekliyorum.

SaygÄ±larÄ±mla,
Anna S. William.

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Good Morning ,

I know that you will be surprised to receive this mail from me today.
My name is Anna S. William, This letter is highly privileged and it
requires your immediate attention because we lost one of our Bank
customer who happens to be from your country also has the same family
name as you and he had a fixed-term Deposit worth of $4.7 Million with
our Bank before his death.

Given to your nationality with our late Customer Mahmut, I know you
may not actually be in any way related to him but for you sharing the
same name with him will make it easy to get the funds to your name and
both of us will divide the funds 50% 50% once the money
is transferred into your account.

I look forward to your immediate response.

Kind Regards,
Anna S. William.

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