419 scam: Williams Drone <williamsxx1@yahoo.com.ph> From Dr Willey Limann

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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 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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Williams Drone <williamsxx1@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: Williams Drone <willeylimann0@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:21:01 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: From Dr Willey Limann

>From Dr Willey Limann
Heads Regional Manager,
International Commercial bank
Accra Ghana West Africa

Hello Friend

My name is Dr Willey Limann . I am the Regional Manager of Ghana
international commercial bank, Accra branch Ghana. I write you this
proposal in good faith; I am married with two lovely children. I am a
man of peace, and have sincere respect for human feelings and
opinions. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit
you and I. As the Regional Manager of Ghana international commercial
bank , Accra branch Ghana it is my duty to send in a financial report
to my head office in the capital city, Accra at the end of each
business year.

On the course of two at year, 2009 business report, I discovered that
the branch in which I am the Manager made 22.3million United States
Dollars ($22,300,000.00) which my head office is not aware of and will
never be aware of.I have placed this funds on what we call Escrow
call account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot
be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to
assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 40% of the
total funds as commission.

There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law, it will be simply a bank-to-bank transfer, and all
I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these
funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can
order the transfer to your designated bank account under few working
days.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much as you
are the first and the only person I am contacting for this
transaction. send me an email as soon as you receive this message if
you think so that we can go over the details. Thank you in advance and
may God bless you and your family.

Sincerely,

Dr Willey Limann

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