419 scam: "MIKE WILLIAMS"<richowen2010@gmail.com> PARTNER WITH ME HERE

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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 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MIKE WILLIAMS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mikkewilliam@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:05:20 -0500
Subject: PARTNER WITH ME HERE

ATTN .sir/ma

My name is MIKE WILLIAMS, I am a citizen of Sweden and the
Executive Director of Trident Corporation, a multi-national oil corporation
operating from London-England, UK. I am seeking your assistance to retrieve the sum of
Fifteen Million Dollars consisting of two consignment boxes.

This money was acquired from the company and it will be
coming to your country through diplomatic cargo company that will handle the shipment, my reason for this is because I have been cheated
out of my entitlements by the company for too long simply because I
am not a British. The contact details will be given to you if you
indicate your interest to help me.
Each of the boxes contains $7.5M and for your help I am
ready to release 30% to you, for security reasons the consignment was registered to be
CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS and I can explain why it was declared so. Bear in mind
that the company is not aware of the content of the consignment, it has been there for the
past 1 month as I'm looking for a reliable partner.
I will be leaving the country immediately the consignment
is delivered to you for my private investment and I have vowed never to step
back into London,England. Please, I need your urgent response before my
plans to leave the company is discovered.Right now the safest form of correspondence is
through my
own e-mail address,please in the interest of confidentiality only reply
through my direct email address.
Reply along with your personal telephone and fax number
where I can reach you.Please if you are not willing and interested in helping me
kindly delete this email from your computer and pretend you never got it.
1.age
2.marital status
3.your direct telephone number
4.your home or office address
5.your full names

Best regards,
MIKE WILLIAMS
Executive Director
Trident Corporation.
London, England

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