419 scam: "Mrs. Elizbeth Williams" <doc@vci.co.id> INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Elizbeth Williams" <doc@vci.co.id>
Reply-To: mrselizbeth9@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:26:31 +0700 (WIB)
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Dear Sir/Madam

Itâ€™s my pleasure to contact you; I am Dr.Elizbeth Williams a contract Surgeon and a Gynaecologist specialist currently on a contract mission in Damascus since 2012, the second year of the civil war thatâ€™s currently going on. As of then when the rebellion of ISIS emerge many company where moving out of Syria because of fear of the brutal terrorist group, As an American with a diplomatic passport and protection, I had business transaction with DEIR EZZOR PETROLEUM COMPANY in which I helped them push out interest of their oil sells funds to Turkey and 10% agreement was reached between me and the board of directors of the company.

This business runs between October 2012 to December 2017 after the fall of ISIS in Syria and Iraq. However my 10% agreement with the company was able to generate a total of USD$9, 700,000 which is currently with a bank in Turkey with the help of a friend whose is a lawyer and a Turkish Citizen.

As it stand, the bank management has given notice for the claimant of the funds, in which I still have at least 9 months to finish my contract here in Syria, I therefore looking for a profitable business that I can invest this fund with the help of someone who is capable and can handle the business as I want to move the funds out from Turkish, I have considered and concluded of giving 25% of these funds for your assistant to move it out from Turkey and to invest it into any profitable project like real estate.
Please I would love to hear from you as soon as possible.

Regards

Dr.Elizbeth Williams

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