419 scam: "Cynthia Woodward" <cynthwdward@yahoo.co.uk> INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

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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:
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- cynthia65woodtsb@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Cynthia Woodward" <cynthwdward@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:01:33 -0000
Subject: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

Greetings,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however, It’s just my
urgent need For foreign partner that made me to contact you for this
transaction.

Briefly, I am Cynthia Woodward a citizen of UK and work as a group finance
director in Lloyds Bank London.
I discovered a dormant account in my office, as Group finance director in
Lloyds bank London. I want to transfer the fund to an offshore account for
investment.

Please this is absolutely confidential. My husband does not know about
this. My family will be in shambles if it burst out and I will also be in
trouble as well as lose my precious job.

This transaction is 100% risk free, you just have to follow my directives
so that we will have the fund in your account in 10 bank working days for
sharing and investment.

Your contact phone numbers and name will be necessary for this effect.

Please get back to me on my private email at cynthia65woodtsb@yahoo.co.uk

Regards and respect,

Cynthia Woodward.
Group Finance Director
Lloyds Bank London

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