419 scam: Steve Wilson <sw4203630@gmail.com> Investment

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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:
- "million united states dollars" (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 next of kin scam.
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.
- sw806557@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Steve Wilson <sw4203630@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sw806557@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 03:34:17 +0200
Subject: Investment

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Dear Sir,

I apologize for intruding into your privacy, especially by contacting
you through this means for a business transaction of this magnitude,
but due to its seriousness and urgency, therefore it became necessary
for me to seek for your assistance. Please contact me for more
information on the transfer of $6.000.000.00 (Six Million United
States Dollars) left by my late client.

I want to present you as the next of kin to my late client, because
you bear the same last name with my late client. I will give you the
details of this transaction, as soon as I hear from you.

Contact me on email address: sw806557@gmail.com

Best Regards,

Steve Wilson (Attorney-at-Law)

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