419 scam: James WILLIAMS <jameswilliamsy@alice.it> De: Willimasy Sr. James

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- jameswilliamssy772@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: James WILLIAMS <jameswilliamsy@alice.it>
Reply-To: jameswilliamssy772@yahoo.es
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:06:31 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: De: Willimasy Sr. James

De: Willimasy Sr. James
Letras del Director & Exchange
BANCO DE BENIN
Email: (jameswilliamssy772@yahoo.es)

Buenos dÃas,
Yo soy el seÃ±or James Willimasy, los proyectos de ley y Director
de Exchange. Personalmente, descubrÃ una cuenta inactiva con una suma total de $
39,000,000.00 (TREINTA Y NUEVE MILLONES DE DÃ“LARES DEL ESTADO) durante la
auditorÃa anual AÃ±o de la cuenta de nuestro banco. El propietario de esta cuenta
inactiva muriÃ³ el 5 de enero de 2009. Desde la muerte de los fallecidos, nadie
ha operado en esta cuenta hasta la fecha.
Por otra parte, esta cuenta tiene ningÃºn beneficiario se le
atribuye. En definitiva, este fondo serÃ¡ confiscado por nuestro cÃ³digo de
deontologÃa bancaria si permanece inactivo por un periodo de (5) aÃ±os sin ningÃºn
tipo de reclamaciones. A este respecto, recomiendo vivamente su necesidad de la
plena cooperaciÃ³n en la transferencia de este fondo latente de nuestro banco
para evitar la confiscaciÃ³n de este fondo. Voy a dividir en dos la transferencia
de 2 etapas para la transferencia fÃ¡cil y sin problemas. En primer lugar, voy a
la transferencia de $ 9,000,000.00 a cualquier cuenta vÃ¡lida extranjeros que se
designen, en un Ã©xito de la transferencia sin ningÃºn tipo de decepciÃ³n por su
parte, que luego viajarÃ¡ a que se encuentran en su destino a casa para compartir
y, posteriormente, se conjunta la transferencia del saldo restante de $
30,000,000.00 para las inversiones de magnitud. Tenga en cuenta que es necesario
que me proporcione la informaciÃ³n solicitada abajo de inmediato;

(1) Nombre completo.
(2) DirecciÃ³n de contacto.
(3) nÃºmeros de telÃ©fono y fax.
(4) UbicaciÃ³n
Si usted estÃ¡ dispuesto a cooperar en este proyecto, te voy a dar
detalles de inmediato tan pronto como he oÃdo de usted. Tenga en cuenta que
estÃ¡n obligados a mantener muy confidencial y usted estÃ¡ obligado a volver a (jameswilliamssy772@yahoo.es)

Mejor
Mirada
El Sr. James
Willimasy.
Letras del Director & Exchange
BANCO DE BENIN
Correo electrÃ³nico: jameswilliamssy772@yahoo.es

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