419 scam: "Baba Williams" <uuu1947@googlemail.com> WORK WITH ME.

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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:
- "million 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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Baba Williams" <uuu1947@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: uuu19474@googlemail.com
Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 16:05:44 +0900 (EIT)
Subject: WORK WITH ME.

Dear prospective partner,

Good day to you, and Compliments. My name is Mr. Baba Williams. I am an
accountant with OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC. I was the personal
accountant to late Engr. Alfred Garcia, who used to work with Shell
Development Cooperation here in Nigeria as a contractor.

My customer and his family died in an air crash on 30th Jan 2000, on a
Kenyan Airways heading to Nigeria. Since then I have made several
inquiries to locate any of my customer's extended relatives, but this has
proved unsuccessful.

I contacted you since I need someone that will assist me in repatriating
this fund into his/her account since the bank has given an ultimatum of
three weeks to get any relative of his. From a right source within the
bank, I have been made to understand that some top government officials
are trying to divert the funds for there own selfish interest.

So, I decided to contact you as a foreigner so that we can both carry out
this transaction together instead of allowing the Government officials to
confiscate it as an UNCLAIMED Funds and use it for their own selfish
interest. My customer's account is worth 7.8Million Dollars.

I will await your response so that I can give you further details on the
necessary processes we will take to realizing our goal. Bear in mind that
this transaction is 100% risk free and it will be carried out in a most
legitimate and legal manner.You need not be afraid as I was his personal
account officer till his death and I am still an insider in the bank. This
will afford me the opportunity to feed you with right information at all
times for the fund to be released and paid to you by my bank.

Best Regards,
Mr. Baba Williams.

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