419 scam: "Mr. Steven Nelson"<info@williwaw.net> [Williwaw SPAM] My Dear Good Friend, 96.78.42.25

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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!

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- mr.kennethward222@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Steven Nelson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.kennethward0024@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 11:31:31 -0800
Subject: [Williwaw SPAM] My Dear Good Friend, 96.78.42.25

My Dear Good Friend,

I'm sorry but happy to inform you about my success in getting the USA / Dubai transaction completed and fund was released/ transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Portugal though I loved you and tried my best to involve you in the business but you chose not to trust or believe me then but finally God decided the whole situations and I hope you can still remember me because it has been a while since we last wrote to each other.

However, I am in a very bad condition here in Portugal which I can't tell what will happen after now because I was diagnosed with cancer, so I decided to stay back and spend this last moment of my life with my wife and daughter. But I won't forget our friendship and your past efforts, plus the GOOD LUCK that brought me success.

Therefore I want to use this medium to appreciate your earlier assistance and prayers that made way for my success and thanks for being there at the right time. I am obliged to inform you that I succeeded in completing the deal and receiving the total payment of $26,691,464.00 (Twenty Six Million, Six Hundred And Ninety One Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Four dollars) which part of it is my 10% commission from the Dubai/Texas oil business with the help of the new partner from Lisbon Capital of Portugal and part of this money is from my 10% commission from the Dubai/ Texas oil business which you are supposed to receive but was finally done under the name of the new partner, while the remaining is from my other share with Bain capital Investment, all the money was converted to Bain capital Investment share and was finally sold by the company.

Everything was perfectly done because we struck a deal with the admin of Bain Capital Investment International, who rendered a tremendous help to us. In appreciation of your help and for old time friendship sake, I decided to will and compensate you with the total sum of US$840,000.00 (Eight Hundred And Forty Thousand United States Dollars) through ATM Master Card, which can be withdrawn from ATM Logo Machine worldwide and it's is from my own share.

Now contact the ATM Processing Unit Uganda, whom I handed over the ATM Master Card worth of US$840,000.00 on your behalf to and his name is Mr. Kenneth Ward and his email address is: ( mr.kennethward222@gmail.com ) with your personal information and ask him to send you the ATM Card worth of US$840,000.00 that I kept for you under his care before I left the country for my treatment. So please feel free to contact Mr. Kenneth Ward with your information where to send your ATM Master card.

And remember to keep me posted immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferers at that time and remember that I forwarded instructions to Mr. Kenneth Ward on your behalf to ensure that you receive the ATM Master Card, so feel free to contact him with your personal information for him to send the money via ATM Card to you.

Regards,
Mr. Steven Nelson.

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