419 scam: Desmond Williams <desmond.williams75@gmail.com> Re: With Due Respect,

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- williamsdesmond26@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Desmond Williams <desmond.williams75@gmail.com>
Reply-To: williamsdesmond26@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:39:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: With Due Respect,

Re: With Due Respect,
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise. I am the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso in West Africa. I Hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to expose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $10.5 Million United States dollars immediately to your account. The money has been dormant for years in our Bank here without any body coming for it. We want to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer the owner of the account who died along with his supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 2000.

I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why I contacted you, so that they can release the money to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer. Please i would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete if you are not interested. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to transact the business with me. If you are interested kindly contact me on my email address williamsdesmond26@yahoo.fr

In acceptance the following information stated below are required:

1) Your age............
2) Your full name and address........
3) Your marital status.........
4) Your occupation/Profession.......
5) Your direct telephone/Fax numbers........
6 your phone numbers...........
7) Your passport details for legal operations.......

Yours, Sincerely,
Mr Desmond Williams.

NB: MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THIS TRANSACTION AS YOUR TOP SECRET AND MAKE IT CONFIDENTIAL TILL WE RECEIVE THE FUND INTO THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE TO THE BANK. DON'T DISCLOSE IT TO ANY BODY PLEASE, BECAUSE THE SECRECY OF THIS TRANSACTION IS AS WELL AS THE SUCCESS OF IT.

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