419 scam: "JOHN WILLIAMS Esq" <davidboot41@yahoo.cl> I CONTACT YOU AGAIN YOUR (USD$1.800,000) URGENTRELEASPŒë¸"

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "vivianobasi121@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "vivianobasi121@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "JOHN WILLIAMS Esq" <davidboot41@yahoo.cl>
Reply-To: vivianobasi121@w.cn
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:34:00 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: I CONTACT YOU AGAIN YOUR (USD$1.800,000) URGENT

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from INDIA Presently
I'm in INDIA for investment projects with my own share of the total sum..

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact
my secretary in Nigeria, her name is VIVIAN OBASI

vivianobasi121@w.cn

Ask her to send you the Bank Draft worth of (USD$1.800,000) one million
eight hundred thousand dollars, which I kept for your compensation for all
the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter in the past.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in
touch with my secretary VIVIAN OBASI and instruct her where to send the
amount to you so therefore she will require the following information from
you,

Your Full Name ................
Your Home Address..............
Your current Mobile, Home and Work Phone Numbers.......
Companies Name and Occupation........

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, Im very busy
here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on
your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with
VIVIAN OBASI she will send the amount to you without any delay.

vivianobasi121@w.cn

Regards,

(Senate President) JOHN WILLIAMS Esq

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