419 scam: "Jude Williams" <acdfile@yahoo.ca> COMPENSATION $500.000.00 FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand us 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 "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- jonesobosh@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jude Williams" <acdfile@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 04:38:32 -0800
Subject: COMPENSATION $500.000.00 FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the
fund
transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a
new
partner from Venezuela who is an international business
man.
Presently I'm in Venezuela for investment projects with my
own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget
your
past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring
those
funds despite that it failed us somehow, Now contact my
secretary, his contact is:

Name: Jones Obosh
Email: jonesobosh@yahoo.com

Ask him to send you the total $500.000.00 (Five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars) which I kept for your compensation
for
all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.
So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Jones
Obosh and instruct him where to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that
we
can share the joy after all the suffering at that time. In
the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment
projects which me and the new partner are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my
secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel
free
to get in touch with him and he will send the amount to
you
without any delay.

With best regards
Mr. Jude Williams

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