419 scam: "Williams"<williams@yahoo.com> Re: From Buker Williams We Need Your Assistance

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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:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "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)
- "contact the diplomat" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "god-fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bukerwilliams@mcom.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:35:26 -0800
Subject: Re: From Buker Williams We Need Your Assistance

>From Buker Williams
Compliments of the day!

I and my younger sister write to seek for your assistance; we got your contact from a noble gentleman that came to our refugee camp who came to give a seminar about AIDS whom we confronted that we are looking a God-fearing person that is when your data was given to us.

My name is Buker Williams and my younger sister Erica Williams a Liberian, my consignment contains More than 35 million United States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot be specify. The consignments are presently in the State. The consignment gets to State through the help of a U.N diplomat Dr.Benson . The fact is that Dr.Benson is supposed to have delivered this consignment to a man called Mr.Jack Constance in Off-Shore. The week Dr.Benson is suppose to deliver the consignment to him,

When he got to the State after clearing the consignment from the Airport, he call Mr.Jack Constance to tell him the description to is house for the delivery, but is wife answered the call and told Dr.Benson that her husband Mr.Jack Constance hard a fatal car accident which lead to his death some few hours later. Mr.Jack Constance has already paid the demur rages from the security company,

he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and he paid for custom check report he also assisted us in getting the Necessary Document covering the Consignment and Also for the DRUG / ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE, which is so expensive that he spent 25 thousand dollars to acquire it, but unfortunately he died in a car accident, that was why Dr.Benson has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in the State called us to informed us about what is happening.

Please I and my little sister seek for your help to Contact the Diplomat with this Email( diplomat_benson_robert@zapak.com) so that he can be able to deliver the Consignment to you. I do want you to instruct him that you have discuses this with us, and you want him to the delivery of your children consignment to you on time now. Please,

I look forward to hear from you soon, and i shall appreciate any correspond reply from you and God will richly bless as you think to helping me and my sick sister,

Here is my direct email address ( bukerwilliams@mcom.com )
Best Regard
From
Buker Williams

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