419 scam: "MS BELLA WILLIAM" <bellawilliam63@gmail.com> Hello my dear friend,

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22998264001 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- dhlcourie295@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MS BELLA WILLIAM" <bellawilliam63@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bellawilliamsd@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:56:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello my dear friend,

Hello my dear friend,
How are you over there in your country or elsewhere? I believe you are
fine and doing well. I hope my mail meets you in good health today. I am
much

delighted and privileged to contact you again, after all these time, it
takes destiny and courage to remember good friends like you and at the
same time,

show gratitude to you despite circumstances that made us separate and
disrupted our transaction, which ultimately did not work out as we had
projected then.

I am happy to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund
with the cooperation of a new partner from Netherlands. I use this
opportunity to

inform you that the transaction has finally worked out and I am contacting
you to let you know that I left a bank draft check worth of $1.5 million
for your

compensation, I registered the bank draft check with DHL Courier company
before leaving the country, and I instructed him to deliver the check to
you once

you contact him.

I will advise you now to contact DHL courier manager with your full
delivery details so that they will process the delivery of your bank draft
check to you

immediately. Here is the contact info to contact DHL Manager.

NAME: Dr Albert Godwin
EMAIL: dhlcourie295@gmail.com
PHONE: +229 9826 4001

Please remember to fill your information as bellow when contacting
Reverend Father John Mark ok.

Full Name:----------
Home Address:----------
Your country:----------
Your phone number:----------

Greetings
Bella William

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